He holds a BA from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from The New School. Why are egg prices so high? A major bird flu outbreak has led to millions of hens being culled, causing a severe egg shortage.

Egg prices rose more than 15% from December to January, marking the largest increase in 10 years as bird flu hurts the nation’s poultry supply and some grocery chains limit egg purchases ...

The outbreak has also led to the death of millions of egg-laying chickens in the U.S. – either from infection or culling of flocks. As a result, egg prices have continued to rise, with the ...

As bird flu cases continue to rise in the U.S., heavily impacting egg-laying flocks, so have the prices on cartons of fresh eggs due to dwindling supply. Egg prices are through the roof ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in Iowa, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) Chickens ...

The nation’s biggest egg marketplace doesn’t own hens, farms or processing plants. From an office building in New Hampshire, roughly a dozen people facilitate the trading of billions of eggs a ...

Avian flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, causing U.S. egg prices to skyrocket. The average price of a dozen Grade A eggs in U.S. cities reached $4.95 in January, ...

Industry leaders, including the American Egg Board, are calling for a “comprehensive response.” Possible solutions, however, are controversial and costly, and there is no broad agreement on the scope ...

Egg prices in US have skyrocketed to $10 (Rs 860) per dozen amid bird flu scare. An ongoing bird flu outbreak in the United States have resulted in egg prices in the country going up by as much as 65% ...

But if you’re a regular egg eater, you’ve likely faced some sticker shock recently at the grocery store. Prices have been climbing since September 2023, when eggs were a mere $2.07 a dozen ...