The recent surge in egg prices has been largely attributed to the bird flu, which affected millions of chickens. However, distributors managed to keep eggs on the shelves throughout the price hike.

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However, the Consumer Price Index last week reported retail eggs had reached a record-high of $6.23 a dozen. Driving the expensive egg prices is the avian flu outbreak that has slaughtered more ...

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3. **The Primary Cause: Bird Flu Outbreaks**: The main driver behind the big rise in prices was the widespread Bird Flu outbreak, known as High Pathogen Avian Influenza. The virus hit US farms hard.

But prices vary widely around the country, depending on the location of recent bird flu outbreaks and some state laws requiring eggs to be cage-free. Cage-free eggs were $9.99 per dozen at a ...

Egg prices declined in April for the first time in months amid a yearslong avian flu outbreak. (Fox News/Angelica Stabile) The H5N1 avian flu has affected 168 million birds around the country.

We are now in year four of a catastrophic global animal disease outbreak that has wiped out more than 130 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has ...

Tue, April 29th 2025 at 4:18 PM Updated Thu, May 1st 2025 at 3:24 PM Egg prices update TOPICS: Bird flu Egg prices Record high Stabilization Local distributors Price drop Fresh eggs Food distributors ...