# Egg Price Impacts of the 2014-15 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak | Economic Research Service

> USDA's Economic Research Service published an analysis of the 2014-15 HPAI outbreak, which cost more than 50 million US chickens and turkeys. Egg prices rose 61 percent in May-December 2015 versus a year earlier, reflecting inelastic demand.

- Date: 2018-04-02 · published 2018-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65394-egg-price-impacts-of-the-2014-15-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis shows how severe HPAI losses can sharply raise egg prices, a useful benchmark for assessing current supply risk, though it describes past events rather than new supply changes.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- perishablenews.com: https://perishablenews.com/dairy/egg-price-impacts-of-the-2014-15-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak/
- ers.usda.gov: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2018/april/egg-price-impacts-of-the-2014-15-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak
- ers.usda.gov: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=88327

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