# Extension Helps North Carolina Egg Producers Meet Today’s Challenges | NC State Extension

> North Carolina Extension describes high egg prices around Easter, with prices up 55% year over year in February despite easing from January records. Highly pathogenic avian influenza depopulated 43-45 million laying hens in 2022.

- Date: 2023-04-21 · published 2023-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36414-extension-helps-north-carolina-egg-producers-meet-today-s-challenges-nc-state
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Bird flu losses in laying flocks tightened supply and lifted egg prices, a driver that is now fading and may reduce poultry producers' feed demand over time.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- ces.ncsu.edu: https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/news/extension-helps-north-carolina-egg-producers-meet-todays-challenges/

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