Egg prices: sky high – but why?

27-03-2023 | |
With the total layer flock down by about 9%, egg prices skyrocketed in the US. Photo: Koos Groenewold
With the total layer flock down by about 9%, egg prices skyrocketed in the US. Photo: Koos Groenewold
As they were in 2021, egg prices in the US were exceptionally high in November and December 2022. This was due to several major factors, and there hasn’t been much change in these factors so far in 2023. Poultry World has the latest on the many factors causing huge increases in the retail price of US eggs and looks at what’s ahead. In November, US consumers started noticing an exceptional increase in the price of table eggs and major media outlets reported that the national average price


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