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Spokane-area industry sources say chicken wing and egg prices will rise this summer due to highly pathogenic avian influenza. BLS data show a dozen large eggs rose 48% to $2.86 in May from January, and boneless chicken breast rose 16%.
Washington state ordered live poultry markets closed for a month in May.
Bird flu losses are tightening poultry and egg supply and lifting retail prices, which supports demand for chicken and sustains feed demand from layer and broiler operations.
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