“The egg industry has been declining for decades in California,” Sumner said. “Raising eggs is about converting corn and soybeans to eggs. It’s expensive to haul corn and soybeans around. And we don’t grow corn and soybeans in California.”
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AIC Director Sumner discusses the California egg industry and Proposition 12 with The Mercury News
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