# Cracking into the stunning summer egg price surge | Food Business News

> US retail shell egg prices reached record highs this summer, following earlier record highs in egg products. Highly pathogenic avian influenza was the main driver, cutting flock numbers and shell egg inventories to about 18% below a year earlier.

- Date: 2022-08-16 · published 2022-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40045-cracking-into-the-stunning-summer-egg-price-surge-food-business-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking layer flocks reduce egg output and keep prices elevated, while flock rebuilding will gradually ease supply and pressure prices lower.

## Sources

- foodbusinessnews.net: https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/21999-cracking-into-the-stunning-summer-egg-price-surge

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