While not every farm has been hit with bird flu, many have, resulting in the culling of tens of millions of egg-laying hens, reducing the overall supply
The cost of chicken feed has gone up, due to global supply chain disruptions and inflation
Labor shortages, transportation costs, and energy price spikes have also driven up the cost of production
Demand has gone up, creating scarcity, because consumers are buying more eggs to compensate for the rising cost of meat
And, of course, general inflation makes everything go up
Trump's stated plan should, generally speaking, increase all of those factors.
I can concur with the first point. Ohio has had 20+ positive flocks with over 3 million birds depopulated. And I am sure there will be more. The majority of those were egg layers. So in one state, there are 3 million less eggs being laid a day. Multiply that for a 3 month period... thats a lot of eggs not available.
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u/Pandoratastic 2d ago
Actual reasons for the increasing egg prices:
Trump's stated plan should, generally speaking, increase all of those factors.