Explainer: How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing
The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens.
Border Patrol sees uptick in egg smuggling on southern border as prices skyrocket
The skyrocketing cost of eggs has prompted an uptick in attempts to smuggle them across the southern border. There was a 29% increase in shell eggs being confiscated at ports of entry between October 2024 and February compared with the same time period last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Los Angeles Times reported.
Safeguards for eggs amid bird flu
Commercially available eggs pass through testing, grading and inspection, with extra layers of protection in California, specifically.
$3,000 more a week just for eggs. How are Fresno breakfast spots surviving bird flu?
Breakfast restaurants all over Fresno routinely serve up that many eggs and are reeling from the cost. Bird flu, also known as H5N1 avian flu, is driving the price increase, caused by an egg shortage as millions of chickens are killed in an effort to stop the spread of the disease.
Egg farmer stresses need for Bird Flu vaccine amid egg shortages
The bird flu outbreak is causing the price of eggs to soar, with prices at a 45-year high. The founder of the second largest egg producer in the U.S., John Rust, of Rose Acre Farms joins The Weekend to discuss.
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Turkey to export 33M pounds of eggs to U.S.
ISTANBUL/CHICAGO >> Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes (33 million pounds) of eggs to the United States as a ...
Turkey to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US amid bird flu disruptions
Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States, where an ongoing outbreak of bird flu disrupted ...
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Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12
US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who ...
Turkey Is Supplying 33 Million Lbs. of Eggs to the U.S. amid Shortage Due to Bird Flu Outbreak
With bird flu hindering the nation's egg production, Turkey has announced they will export eggs to the U.S. through July as part of a preliminary agreement ...
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Turkey to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US
Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States, where an ongoing outbreak of bird flu disrupted ...
Trump administration trying to rehire USDA bird flu officials it fired
US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who ...
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Turkey to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US to ease bird flu disruptions
Shipments to the U.S. from Turkey began this month and will continue until July, said Ibrahim Afyon, chairman of the Egg Producers Central Union in Turkey. "The export will take place through our ...