# Egg prices double from last year | News | komu.com

> Average US retail price for a dozen eggs has doubled from $1.41 a year ago to $2.71. Reporting attributes the rise to a bird flu outbreak in Korea that killed half a million chickens and reduced the foreign egg supply, with US production plateauing.

- Date: 2018-05-29 · published 2018-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65048-egg-prices-double-from-last-year-news-komu-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Tight egg supply from disease losses lifts retail egg prices, but this is a consumer-level story with little direct effect on feed grain or meal prices.

## Sources

- komu.com: https://www.komu.com/news/egg-prices-double-from-last-year/article_397dbaa2-1f4f-52c9-9659-cb1144455e90.html

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