# Is the egg toast? | Food and Environment Reporting Network

> An opinion-style feature says California's Proposition 12 requires cage-free eggs by 2021, raising conventional egg prices, while a mung-bean egg substitute has entered the market. The piece argues both developments pressure the conventional egg industry.

- Date: 2018-12-10 · published 2018-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61580-is-the-egg-toast-food-and-environment-reporting-network
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher US egg production costs and possible shifts in layer flock size could marginally affect demand for feed grains and meals over the coming years.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

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## Sources

- thefern.org: https://thefern.org/2018/12/is-the-egg-toast/

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