The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said this week that egg prices could spike by more than 40 percent this year amid bird flu outbreaks and the mass culling of layer hens across the United States.
The main reason egg prices have increased—hitting an all-time average high of $4.95 per dozen last month—is that more than 166 million birds have been slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus when cases are detected.
