Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesBird flu fears are driving up egg prices again.
After having subsided for most of 2023, a recent resurgence of avian influenza in poultry facilities across the U.S., Japan and other nations have caused prices of eggs to jump again.
The virus, commonly referred to as bird flu, is extremely contagious and lethal among birds, has been detected in dairy herds in recent days.
In the U.S., more than 14 million egg-laying chickens died in November and December as a result of avian flu.
We have had record high beef, pork and chicken retail prices so eggs can be a substitute, meaning that egg prices would increase.
Persons:
David Anderson, M University Julian Stratenschulte
Organizations:
Getty, of Agricultural Economics, Texas, M University, U.S . Department of Agriculture
Locations:
U.S, Japan