In-town pool report #7: Ag Secy Rollins at sticks/otter

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stopped by the sticks after a TV hit to talk to reporters at 1:30. Spoke of US plan to import eggs from India and South Korea.

Otter link: https://otter.ai/u/-pV5drL6hAjNysfAdsilZw-CBZo

Excerpt:

Justyesterday,Italkedtoacoupleofothercountriesthatwillsoonbeginimporting.wehaven'tsignedthatdealyet,soIdon'twanttosaywhoitis.wearetalkinginthehundredsofmillionsofeggsfortheshortterm..... significantenoughtohelpcontinuetobringthepricesdownforrightnowandthen,whenourchickenpopulationsarerepopulatedandwe'vegotafullegglayingindustrygoingagain,hopefullyinacoupleofmonths,wethenshiftbacktoourinternalegglayersandmovingthoseeggsoutontotheshelf.

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Linda Feldmann

Washington Bureau Chief

The Christian Science Monitor

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