# Egg Prices Will Fall Nearly 30% This Year, U.S. Farm Agency Says

> USDA's chief economist projected wholesale egg prices will fall 26.8% in 2023 at the Agricultural Outlook Forum, with production rising 4% to 9.4 billion dozen and the laying flock partly recovering. The forecast assumes no renewed bird flu outbreaks, and USDA reported a Pennsylvania broiler farm outbreak of almost 100,000 birds.

- Date: 2023-02-23 · published 2023-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37333-egg-prices-will-fall-nearly-30-this-year-u-s-farm-agency-says
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A projected recovery in layer numbers and egg output points to lower egg prices, while continued HPAI outbreaks in poultry would undercut that outlook.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/markets/newswire/egg-prices-will-fall-nearly-30-this-year-us-farm-agency-says

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