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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schoeneiche, Germany – 26 March 2025
1. Close of rooster crowing
2. Wide of chickens eating
3. Chickens eating
4. Wide of farmer David Karlsch walking to chicken coop
5. Hens inside coop
6. SOUNDBITE (German) David Karlsch, farmer at the Saballus poultry family farm:
“The demand at Easter time is of course very, very high, as many children naturally want to paint eggs. It’s also a tradition in Germany at this time of year, which is how I remember it as a child. And that’s why it’s actually The time for eggs.”
7. Hen by egg
8. Close of eggs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Germany – 27 March 2025
9. Wide of president of the German Egg Association, Hans-Peter Goldnick, speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Hans-Peter Goldnick, president of the German Egg Association:
“We ourselves essentially have to import eggs from Holland every day to keep everyone satisfied. So it’s difficult, especially given the production volume. We have around 45 million eggs that we can collect from the chicken coops every day, and in America, there’s a shortage of around 50 million eggs a day. That shows how difficult it is.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schoeneiche, Germany – 26 March 2025
11. Karlsch putting eggs inside carton
12. Close of Karlsch stamping eggs
13. Empty eggs cartons
14. SOUNDBITE (German) David Karlsch, farmer at the Saballus poultry family farm:
“Here in Germany it’s a bit different. We take the egg out of the laying nest, that’s how we do it here, but we don’t alter it. And then pack it directly into the carton as it is, i.e. they are not washed like in America. And then it goes straight into the egg vending machine, which is refrigerated.”
15. Woman walking to egg vending machine
16. Woman putting coins in eggs vending machine
17. Woman taking egg carton from vending machine
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Germany – 27 March 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Hans-Peter Goldnick, president of the German Egg Association:
“I spoke to an egg farmer and he said that if the price difference is as high as it is at the moment, €3 per kilo here and €9 per kilo there, that’s a lot of money, making the eggs flow to the US.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schoeneiche, Germany – 26 March 2025
19. Chickens in pen
20. Close of rooster
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Germany – 27 March 2025
21. SOUNDBITE (German) Hans-Peter Goldnick, president of the German Egg Association:
“I have two souls (feelings) in my chest. On the one hand, I would say no, we can’t support this system, but that’s not the right answer. The right answer is we have to help where we can. And it concerns the people. It doesn’t concern the government. You wouldn’t prop them up or anything, but it’s just people’s demand at Easter, for eggs, and that’s just as important to satisfy in America as it is here.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schoeneiche, Germany – 26 March 2025
22. Close of Karlsch holding hen
23. Karlsch putting hen inside coop
24. Hens
STORYLINE:
The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.
Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden are among the nations the U.S. Department of Agriculture approached to address an egg shortage brought on by an ongoing bird flu outbreak, according to European industry groups.
Even if they were eager to share, European countries don’t have many surplus eggs because of their own avian flu outbreaks and the growing domestic demand ahead of Easter.
“They are not washed like in America,” Karlsch said.
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