# Bird flu to blame for rising egg prices: A dozen cost more than $3

> Bird flu continues to infect millions of US birds, reducing egg production and pushing up supermarket prices. A dozen eggs now cost more than $3, and more than 100 million birds have been affected since January 2022.

- Date: 2024-09-26 · published 2024-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28304-bird-flu-to-blame-for-rising-egg-prices-a-dozen-cost-more-than-3
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Ongoing HPAI losses keep layer flocks reduced, which lowers feed demand from the layer sector. The impact on feed prices is modest but persistent.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-12-08 | [Egg prices to jump up to 20% over bird flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67482-egg-prices-to-jump-up-to-20-over-bird-flu.md) | +2.9% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [Chicken meat prices hold steady despite rising egg costs - AgriLife Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25725-chicken-meat-prices-hold-steady-despite-rising-egg-costs-agrilife-today.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2026-10-22 | [The Birds Come Back: Korea's Avian Flu Season and the Price of an Egg \| The Ag Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17127-the-birds-come-back-korea-s-avian-flu-season-and-the-price-of-an-egg-the-ag.md) | -1.2% | — |
| CORN | 2026-02-24 | [Avian flu outbreak threatens to reverse falling egg prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20605-avian-flu-outbreak-threatens-to-reverse-falling-egg-prices.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [What's to Blame for the High Price of Eggs? \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28793-what-s-to-blame-for-the-high-price-of-eggs-hoosier-ag-today.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- usatoday.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/25/egg-prices-bird-flu/75385643007/

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