# Bird Flu's Varied Impacts on Egg and Milk Markets | College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

> University of California, Davis economists examined why egg prices are high while dairy prices remain stable as H5N1 spreads through California. California egg production in December 2024 was 30% lower than in January 2022, and California milk output is falling as the virus moves through dairies. Milk prices have not risen for consumers because of market differences.

- Date: 2025-03-12 · published 2025-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25604-bird-flu-s-varied-impacts-on-egg-and-milk-markets-college-of-agricultural-and
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Dairy herd losses reduce milk supply locally, but national milk prices are not rising, so the price impact on dairy feed demand is limited. Egg supply losses keep layer feed demand weak.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-04-01 | [Bird Flu's Varied Impacts on Egg and Milk Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25732-bird-flu-s-varied-impacts-on-egg-and-milk-markets.md) | -8.4% | -6.5% |
| MILK | 2024-07-10 | [Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29269-bird-flu-response-in-michigan-sparks-covid-era-worry-on-farms-reuters.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| MILK | 2022-08-04 | [Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country? \| Agriculture \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39974-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-what-is-fmd-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-the.md) | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| MILK | 2024-08-23 | [How scientists are working to solve the bird flu outbreak \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16071-how-scientists-are-working-to-solve-the-bird-flu-outbreak-ap-news.md) | -0.3% | +12.9% |
| MILK | 2024-10-31 | [HPAI in California is a mixed bag for markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4684-hpai-in-california-is-a-mixed-bag-for-markets.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- agriculture.ucdavis.edu: https://agriculture.ucdavis.edu/news/bird-flus-varied-impacts-egg-and-milk-markets

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