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Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber's company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire ...
With farms across the U.S. testing positive for bird flu cases, the USDA predicts that egg prices will rise up to 20% this year due to a shortage of eggs. Poultry found to be sick with avian flu ...
A Ralphs in San Diego posted signs stating customers are limited to two cartons of eggs each as a result of the avian flu. (Diana McCabe/The San Diego Union-Tribune) Easter isn't until April, but ...
As health officials try to understand how H5N1 got into Bay Area wastewater, they are pointing to live bird markets. But questions remain.
In its overview of egg markets last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the California benchmark for large shell eggs rose $0.78 to $8.97 per dozen, due to a reduction in supply.
Prices are even harder to stomach in California, where supplies are further constrained by rules that prohibit farmers from raising hens in cages. There, eggs set an eye-popping record of $8.85 ...
More recently, Hubbell said resurgences in Colorado and California have hurt supplies. Egg demand is considered “inelastic,” Hubbell said, meaning consumers will usually buy the same amount ...
The elevated egg prices come after the 2022 outbreak of bird flu, which led to more than 20 million egg-laying chickens dying in the U.S. during the last quarter of 2024.