Egg-citing Times...
“Late last month, Rollins announced that the Department of Agriculture would spend $1 billion to lower egg prices and curb the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.
That's in addition to possibly importing up to 100 million eggs from foreign markets, Rollins’s plan included subsidizing biosecurity measures for poultry farms and continuing research on the efficacy of preventive vaccines for poultry.
The average cost of a dozen eggs has gone down $1.85 since they announced their plan about a week and a half ago.”
AKA The American taxpayer is paying for the cut, and relying on disease free FOREIGN eggs
Whiteshell eggs INCREASED $0.12 to $8.24 per dozen. The California benchmark for Large shell eggs ROSE $0.28 to $10.35 per dozen with a fully steady undertone.
AKA Prices Increasing
USDA March 7th Report