USDA Warns Egg Prices Could Rise by 41 Percent in 2025

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Since the start of 2025, more than 30 million egg-laying hens have been culled.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said this week that egg prices could spike by more than 40 percent this year amid bird flu outbreaks and the mass culling of layer hens across the United States.

The main reason egg prices have increasedโ€”hitting an all-time average high of $4.95 per dozen last monthโ€”is that more than 166 million birds have been slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus when cases are detected.

Most were egg-laying hens. Since the start of the year, more than 30 million egg-laying hens have been culled.

According to the USDAโ€™s February 2025 Food Price Outlook, published on Feb. 25, retail egg prices surged by 13.8 percent in January 2025 after rising by 8.4 percent in December 2024. Prices are expected to remain volatile on a month-by-month basis, in part because 18.8 million commercial egg layers were impacted by avian influenza outbreaks in January, the highest monthly total since the outbreak began in 2022, the USDA said.

Egg prices are now projected to rise by about 41 percent in 2025, but the increase could range from 15 percent to 75 percent, the USDA said. Last month, the USDA predicted a 20 percent increase in 2025.

Prices have more than doubled since before the outbreak began, costing consumers at least $1.4 billion in 2024, according to an estimate by agricultural economists at the University of Arkansas. Restaurants such as Dennyโ€™s and Waffle House have started adding surcharges to egg dishes.

Egg prices also normally increase every spring heading into Easter when demand is high.

The secretary of the USDA, Brooke Rollins, said on Feb. 26 that the department will spend $1 billion to deal with the bird flu crisis and soaring egg prices. The department will use the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide funding to deal with the virus, and it will include $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million for relief to farms, and $100 million for vaccine research, the agency said.

Byย Jack Phillips

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