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Egg Prices Jump as Bird Flu Hits Poultry Flocks
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As the world burns....

Another hit to the food supply as millions of birds are being culled due to avian flu. Expect both poultry and egg prices to jump (just like everything else) as shortages and supply problems continue for the foreseeable future.



Avian influenza spreading across the U.S. has led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, tightening supplies for eggs and poultry



https://www.wsj.com/articles/egg-prices-...1648900800

Quote:A rapidly escalating bird-flu outbreak in the U.S. is contributing to a surge in egg prices and threatens to raise prices on other poultry products in the coming months as deaths continue to mount.

Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza so far have led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, according to Agriculture Department data. The virus outbreak, the worst in seven years, is hitting Midwest egg-laying flocks and affecting companies from Tyson Foods Inc. to Hormel Foods Corp. More than 11 million egg-laying chickens, roughly 3% of the total U.S. flock, have died or been destroyed as a result of the disease, along with more than two million commercially raised turkeys.


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