The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

It’s an outbreak farmers are forced to handle — and you pay for. Avian bird flu has had a nationwide outbreak since 2022, but now officials are seeing a record climb in some key areas. Although bird flu is not a food safety hazard,

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing United States egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. With Easter on April 20, a surge in demand is expected.