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A niece in the Phoenix area says they are paying $13 a dozen

 

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The singular reason that eggs are increasing in price far faster than virtually any other food product is because of a sustaining bout of the avian flu.

The avian flu has severely impacted egg yields nationwide. Farmers continue to lose tremendous amounts of their poultry flocks, and this is having a direct impact on the number of eggs they can ship out. According to the USDA, approximately 60 million birds have succumbed to the avian flu to date.

There simply is not enough supply to meet demand, thus driving egg prices to heights unseen.

Egg Prices Hit A Record High, Here's Why They Are So Expensive

 

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There are some big egg companies out there. We have a lot of chicken houses here in my county. If there is a confirmed case of avian flu locally all back yard flocks have to be killed along with the thousands of birds in those big chicken houses. The houses here are for Peco fryers

rank	Company	Number of hens (millions)
1	Cal-Maine Foods	46,78
2	Rose Acre Farms	27,59
3	Hillandale Farms	20
4	Versova Holdings LLP	19,95
5	Daybreak Foods	14,48
6	Michael Foods	11,91
7	Center Fresh Group	11,5
8	MPS Egg Farms	11,1
9	Prairie Star Farms	9,3
10	Gemperle Family Farms	8,6
11	Opal Foods	8,39
12	Herbruck's Poultry Ranch	8,3
13	Weaver Brothers	8
14	Sauder's Eggs	6,6
15	Rembrandt Enterprises	6,25
16	Kreider Farms	6,1
17	Hickman's Egg Ranch	6
18	Mid-States Specialty Eggs	6
19	Hidden Villa Ranch	5,5
20	Sparboe Farms	5,48
21	Fremont Farms of Iowa	5,3
22	S&R Egg Farm	4,78
23	Wabash Valley Produce	4,7
24	ISE America	4,56
25	Sunrise Farms Inc.	4,5
26	Cooper Farms	4,33
27	Minnich Poultry	3,94
28	Ritewood/Oakdell Egg Farms	3,68
29	Konos Inc.	3,4
30	Creighton Brothers	3,2
31	Forsman Farms	3,1
32	Esbenshade Farms	2,8
33	Berne Hi-Way Hatchery Inc.	2,4
34	Sunrise AcresEgg Farms	2,38
35	Central Valley Eggs	2,3
36	Giroux's Poultry Farm	2,3
37	Pearl Valley Eggs	2,23
38	Kreher's Eggs	2,2
39	Hamilton Eggs LLC	2
40	Schipper Eggs LLC	1,82

Top U.S. egg producer Ranking of 2022 - Hendrix ISA

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But the auto companies have the same problem as any other producer… consumers set the price! If prices get too high, consumers don’t buy.

Sure we do. I have had many dealers refuse my price.

 

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