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Overregulation is for the birds. That is, the stifling overreach of agricultural regulators seems to be all about birds these days.
First, Colorado is experiencing an egg shortage that began months ago and, according to Cowboy State Daily, it's going to get worse in 2025:
"The Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Oct. 28 that all eggs sold in Colorado must be from cage-free facilities starting in 2025. And all egg producers based in Colorado that house more than 3,000 laying hens have to go cage-free as well."
This is an arbitrary regulatory burden born of progressive fever dreams. Bureaucrats rarely ever feel the pain of their decisions and, for certain, AG Weiser won't struggle to find eggs — even after using his office to kill the Kroger merger earlier this year, which is expected to result in shuttered Safeway stores around the state. Let's be honest, he probably shops at Whole Foods.
No, the pain of this decision is felt by small producers and, of course, regular people who want affordable eggs. The law has put a strain on egg availability because “not everybody was ready for that,” Cyrus Koehn, a small local producer at What A Yolk Egg Farm in Ault, told Cowboy State Daily. Still, the law is cited as only one of the factors in Colorado's egg shortage, with most pointing to the bird flu.
Bird flu is not just for the birds. Consider raw milk. Of course, birds don't produce milk, but bird drama is resulting in new milk regulations anyway. From CPR:
"The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will begin in six states — California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Officials said the move is aimed at 'containing and ultimately eliminating the virus,' known as Type A H5N1, which was detected for the first time in March in U.S. dairy cows. Since then, more than 700 herds have been confirmed to be infected in 15 states."
Bird flu comes for raw milk just as raw milk activists are gaining public support and a sympathetic incoming HHS Secretary. What are the chances?
I'm sure it's all a bunch of coincidences that just happen to centralize power to the benefit of big agriculture lobbyists and big government progressives.
January 20th cannot come quickly enough.
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