France: Farmers Smash Eggs in Protest

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/world/europe/france-farmers-smash-eggs-in-protest.html

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A group of French farmers has gone on an egg-breaking rampage, destroying tens of thousands of eggs on roads and pledging to smash many more in protest against low prices. Poultry farmers in France have for several months complained of rock-bottom egg prices because of overproduction, a problem that also affects other countries in the European Union. They say current prices do not make up for a rise in production costs or investments they had to make as part of a European Union directive that came into force in January 2012 to protect the well-being of laying hens.