eggs

Earlier this week, the USDA released its annual Chicken and Eggs Summary, which has the latest numbers of egg layers, egg production, and the total U.S. chicken inventory as of December 1st, 2024.   “According to this report, layers in 2024 were estimated at an average of 375 million. Now this ...

One of the top issues for new Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is sticker shock many Americans have grown accustomed to at their local grocery store.   “Clearly one of the key issues facing all Americans right now, is the price of food and grocery prices,” Rollins said recent.  The secretary noted...

In 2021, when the national average of egg prices was under $2 a dozen, Nevada joined several other states requiring that eggs sold in the state come from cage-free chickens.  However, a dozen eggs costs an average of nearly $5 across the county, thanks to the bird flu.  In response last week,...

The Food Price Index increased 0.4% in January.  The food at home index rose ½% over the month as four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased.  The indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 1.9% over the month, as the ...

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023.  And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches.   ...

The United States reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California.  Reuters said that authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California.  By December 2nd, almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed.   In ad...

Egg Production in the United States totaled 9.12 billion during December 2024, down 3% from 2023.  Production included 7.83 billion table eggs and 1.29 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.9 billion were broiler-type and 95.9 million were egg-type.  Th...

U.S. egg production totaled 8.92 billion during November 2024, down 4% year-over-year.  Production included 7.68 billion table eggs and 1.24 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.15 billion were broiler-type and 90.3 million were egg-type.  The ave...

Shoppers were buying more eggs to bake Christmas treats ahead of the holiday season at the same time U.S. wholesale egg prices were up 150 percent from last year.  Reuters said the average retail price of a dozen eggs surpassed $3.60 in November, that’s $2.50 higher ...

According to ERS’s most recent America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance report, most American farms, 86% are small family operations.  These farms operate on 41% of U.S. agricultural land and account for 17% of the total value of American production.  Large-scale family ...