The cost of grocery stores and food companies transitioning to cage-free eggs may becoming a little earlier than expected for all those involved in the egg market. Though many retailers pledged to only sell cage-free eggs in 2025, there is already a surplus of the product on the market which is decreasing the value of eggs, including ones produced by commercial caged hens.
Cal-Maine Foods CEO Dolph Baker said that there is a two million surplus of egg in the U.S. market right now, lowering the price of both caged and cage-free egg products. This. . .

