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Egg prices in 2025 are forecast to increase 41.1 percent, USDA reports

By David B. Strickland - Poultry Times Editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com

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WASHINGTON — Soaring prices, shortages, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and more are leading to daily updates on the nation’s “egg-flation” situation.

The retail price for a dozen large, grade A eggs reached $4.95 in January numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And egg prices for 2025 are now anticipated to increase 41.1 percent, according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service in its most recent “Food Price Outlook” released on Feb. 25. This percentage is double the amount ERS predicted in January.

“Retail egg prices continue to experience volatile month-to-month changes. . .

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