# With avian flu on the rise again, will egg prices follow? | Baxter Bulletin

> Avian influenza cases are rising again in the US, and an economist says it is too soon to say whether egg prices will follow. Egg prices peaked at $4.82 per dozen in January 2023 and reached $2.99 in March 2024, and Cal-Maine destroyed more than a million hens in Texas in April.

- Date: 2024-05-08 · published 2024-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30278-with-avian-flu-on-the-rise-again-will-egg-prices-follow-baxter-bulletin
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Single-site outbreaks are less likely to drive a broad egg price spike than in 2023, which limits the demand impact on feed.

## Sources

- baxterbulletin.com: https://baxterbulletin.com/2024/05/08/with-avian-flu-on-the-rise-again-will-egg-prices-follow/

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