These days it’s not the size of the chicken but the size of the chicken’s egg that counts. Rob Griffin and his family were stunned recently when their chicken laid a massive egg more than ...

Egg thefts. Egg shortages. And now a hard-boiled government investigation. Consumers see it as a bad sign for the economy. The Justice Department has launched a probe into the reasons for the ...

Senator Jack Reed attributes record high egg prices to corporate greed and mismanagement by the Trump administration, in addition to avian flu. Reed criticizes Cal-Maine, the nation's largest egg ...

The head-spinning increases in egg prices are driving renewed calls for scrutiny of consolidation in the egg industry. And for consumers, the crisis is exposing the complexities of how a once ...

The US is stepping up egg imports and boosting support to chicken farmers as part of the Trump administration’s response to the worst-ever outbreak of avian flu that’s sent egg prices to a ...

"One egg company which produces one in every five eggs eaten in the U.S. has seen profits soar to record heights and is issuing exponentially higher shareholder dividends than it did before the ...

The outbreak has also led to the death of millions of egg-laying chickens in the U.S. – either from infection or culling of flocks. As a result, egg prices have continued to rise, with the ...

The 2025 egg shortage is due to a combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The average price of a dozen eggs in January 2025 was $4.95, a significant increase from ...

When you cook an egg, the heat that solidifies its whites and yolks kills pathogens like salmonella and bird flu. That’s why food safety officials recommend cooking eggs until both parts are firm.

With bird flu slamming into egg supplies and driving up prices, owner Joanne Chang said she’s charging 50 cents more for egg sandwiches and quiches. “We held out for as long as we could ...

Egg prices have fallen sharply so far in March on some progress in ending a shortage, giving consumers some much-needed relief with the supermarket staple. The cost of white large shell eggs ...