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Cory Doctorow is no expert on the US egg/chicken industry. He's writing political opinion pieces here. Occasionally he writes science fiction. He also has big problems with hyperbole in his work.

The egg price spiked almost a year ago because we've been dealing with H5N1 since over a year ago and it has only gotten worse since.

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You're just wrong.

https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/record-breaking-eg...

An accusation brought to the FTC by an organization whose founding mission statement is that all of the problems in the farm industry are because of monopolistic corporations. Only a single member of their board/staff even owns a farm.

It's literally their mission to make this claim.

Instead of being a parrot and squawking, read the article. The source for the data is Cal-Maine's own financial statements.

Yes, there are some facts, but you should learn the difference between opinions and conclusions.

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