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Egg shortages: A crisis seeded months ago

ཟླ་༩ 27, 2025 4 mins read
Egg shortages: A crisis seeded months ago

It might surprise many to learn that the current egg scarcity and the steep rise in prices to as high as Nu 480 per tray was set in motion half a year ago.

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