Minnesota’s smaller-scale egg producers are facing pressure from the rising egg prices nationwide and continued threat of bird flu.
This week, the USDA’s Food Price Outlook summary report predicted all food prices will increase and “rise slightly faster than the historical average rate of growth.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $1 billion initiative to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza and lower egg prices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a 257 pounds of opium poppy pods sent from Spain and arriving in Washington, D.C.
The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens.
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian influenza in rats.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Annual Chicken and Eggs Summary reports a slight decline in U.S. poultry numbers and egg production in 2024.
The Trump administration’s mass firings mistakenly cut staff working on the bird flu response, prompting urgent reinstatements and concerns from lawmakers.
ISTANBUL — Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States, where an ongoing outbreak of bird flu disrupted supply, sent prices soaring and led to talks with other producers, a leading sector official said on Wednesday. Ibrahim Afyon, chairman of the Egg Producers Central Union (YUM-BIR) in Turkey, told Reuters […]
A Pennsylvania farm is reporting a staggering loss after approximately 100,000 eggs were stolen from a distribution trailer on February 1, 2025.