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Why are eggs so expensive right now? Egg prices have steadily risen since mid-2024 due to an outbreak of a bird flu (avian influenza) strain affecting commercial chicken flocks across the country.

The United Egg Producers, a trade group, blamed the outbreak on bird flu and said farmers are doing their best to fight against this deadly disease. Millions of birds have been euthanized as a result.

IN THE NEWSROOM PEYTO Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen.

Despite months of egg shortages caused by the loss of almost 2 million layer hens to bird flu, the value of Australian egg production in 2024-25 is about to crack a record $1.4 billion.

In the article, Kirk reacted to egg costs, which have grown exponentially in recent weeks as inflation rises and the bird flu outbreak worsens. Echoing a recent talking point from Trump's White ...

Consumers continue to pay high egg prices, as USDA sees slow down in bird flu. Egg prices continue to run high as poultry stocks continue to be hit with bird flu, but there may be some reprieve ...

As the nationwide bird flu continues to ravage the egg industry this year, a surge of NY bodega owners are turning to a plant-based substitute to keep prices intact. The recent bird flu outbreak ...

Egg prices have surged mainly due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, which has decimated poultry stocks at farms across the country. More than 111 million birds—mostly egg-laying hens—were ...

Avian flu outbreaks have been blamed for soaring egg prices thanks to an ongoing epidemic that has killed upwards of 150 million birds and wreaked havoc on the American poultry industry.