# AEB Addresses Egg Supply | Prepared Foods

> The American Egg Board told a supply chain conference that more than 132 million laying hens have been lost to HPAI since 2022, including over 33 million in 2025. Wholesale shell egg prices have dropped more than 50% and retail egg volume has softened.

- Date: 2025-06-10 · published 2025-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24213-aeb-addresses-egg-supply-prepared-foods
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Softer egg demand and rising imports reduce layer feed needs, and the outlook depends on avoiding new outbreaks.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-12-21 | [Ample supply of eggs, prices stable until CNY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61578-ample-supply-of-eggs-prices-stable-until-cny.md) | +0.2% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2022-03-30 | [CoBank: Bird Flu Cases Will Affect Easter Egg Supplies, Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42262-cobank-bird-flu-cases-will-affect-easter-egg-supplies-prices.md) | +5.4% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2026-04-25 | [Weekly pig report: Disease pressure adds increased risk to hog supply outlook
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19865-weekly-pig-report-disease-pressure-adds-increased-risk-to-hog-supply-outlook.md) | +1.7% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2024-10-01 | [Shoppers should prepare for ‘continuing changes’ in egg prices \| Cornell Chronicle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27867-shoppers-should-prepare-for-continuing-changes-in-egg-prices-cornell-chronicle.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2026-01-29 | [US Egg Prices Surge Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21043-us-egg-prices-surge-higher.md) | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2022-03-30 | [CoBank: Bird Flu Cases Will Affect Easter Egg Supplies, Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42262-cobank-bird-flu-cases-will-affect-easter-egg-supplies-prices.md) | -0.7% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2020-02-25 | [Soybeans bounce, corn stabilizes after Monday's coronavirus crash \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10640-soybeans-bounce-corn-stabilizes-after-monday-s-coronavirus-crash-financial-post.md) | +1.9% | +1.1% |
| SOY | 2021-03-29 | [Observers Watching ASF in China, Herd Size a Variable Impacting Demand for Feed and Pork \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48102-observers-watching-asf-in-china-herd-size-a-variable-impacting-demand-for-feed.md) | +0.9% | +12.0% |

## Sources

- preparedfoods.com: https://www.preparedfoods.com/articles/130611-aeb-addresses-egg-supply

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