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Bernt Nelson American Farm Bureau Federation
Mar 12, 2025
Mar 12, 2025

Eggs — The combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza is causing egg prices to increase more than 350 percent per dozen compared to this time a year ago.

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Bernt Nelson American Farm Bureau Federation

Easter and Passover are just around the corner. But if dying eggs for an Easter egg hunt is an annual tradition, egg gatherers may be in for a shock when it comes to egg prices. Egg prices are setting new records in 2025. The combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza has caused egg prices to increase more than 350 percent per dozen compared to this time a year ago. Some restaurants are needing to increase menu prices just to deal with the cost of eggs.

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Bernt Nelson is an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel. Samantha Ayoub is an economics intern. Visit www.fb.org/market-intel for more information.

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