# You'll Be Shelling Out More Money For Eggs In 2018 : The Salt : NPR

> NPR reports that egg prices are expected to be more than 35% higher in early 2018 than a year earlier, based on USDA Economic Research Service forecasts of $1.06 to $1.12 per dozen. Demand is at a 38-year high per capita, and avian flu outbreaks abroad have reduced supply in several countries.

- Date: 2018-01-04 · published 2018-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67004-you-ll-be-shelling-out-more-money-for-eggs-in-2018-the-salt-npr
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong demand and foreign supply losses support egg prices near term, while expanding US layer flocks may cap gains later in the year. Feed demand from layers is likely to remain firm in the short run.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Sources

- npr.org: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/04/575368028/youll-be-shelling-out-more-money-for-eggs-in-2018

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