How long will the egg shortage last?
1 week, 3 days ago

How long will the egg shortage last?

ABC  

Sam Hawley: You've probably noticed by now that buying a carton of eggs at your local supermarket has become a lot harder. Tim Lee: Brad's point on this one, and he's got both the caged farms and the free-range, and he sadly lost about 540,000 birds when his farm. Tim Lee: The industry's trying things like lasers just to deter wild birds. Tim Lee: Yeah, it's a pretty traumatic one and it was really courageous of him to tell the story. Tim Lee: And so really after seven months, he thought that was fine, and we in Victoria thought, yes, this bird flu thing's over.

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How much has the price of eggs increased and who is worst hit?
Trending News
3 weeks, 6 days ago

How much has the price of eggs increased and who is worst hit?

ABC  

Shoppers feeling the pinch from the increasing cost of eggs are being warned to strap in for more price hikes. Australia produces 18 million eggs from around 22 million chickens daily — a flock size that's decreased by around 10 per cent lately due to bird flu-enforced euthanasias. After adjusting for inflation, the real cost of eggs is 16 per …

Bird flu wipes out more than half a million Victorian farmer’s hens
4 weeks ago

Bird flu wipes out more than half a million Victorian farmer’s hens

ABC  

Farmers are facing a crisis behind the scenes of egg shortages and price hikes frustrating grocery shoppers. "It's like everything you've been building for the last five or 10 years and then someone just drives a truck through it," Mr McMonnies said. Victoria's acting chief vet, Cameron Bell, said there were outbreaks occurring simultaneously in Victoria, New South Wales and …

Egg prices likely to remain high as shortage tipped to last until 2028
1 month ago

Egg prices likely to remain high as shortage tipped to last until 2028

ABC  

Shoppers are being warned that egg shortages could continue for at least another three years. Boyd Carmody from Creswick Open Range Eggs, who runs about 160 birds per hectare, said not all of the proceeds from supermarket price rises were being filtered back to farmers, and consumers should brace for more disease outbreaks disrupting supply. "Now that we've got bird …

Trump’s got a bird flu plan. So when will eggs stop costing so much?
1 month ago

Trump’s got a bird flu plan. So when will eggs stop costing so much?

CNN  

New York CNN — Egg prices are surging so high that the Trump administration is pledging to step in and solve the crisis — but don’t expect relief the next time you go grocery shopping. Yet in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Rollins acknowledged that it “won’t erase the problem overnight.” Rather, she said the egg market won’t …

GREG HERBRUCK: I'm a farmer who was forced to kill 6.5 million hens. Here's the terrifying truth of America's egg shortage... and who's REALLY to blame
1 month, 2 weeks ago

GREG HERBRUCK: I'm a farmer who was forced to kill 6.5 million hens. Here's the terrifying truth of America's egg shortage... and who's REALLY to blame

Daily Mail  

America's food supply is under attack. Our Herbruck's farms raise nearly 11 million birds in operations across Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Since 2022, 153 million commercial, backyard and wild birds across 48 states have been infected by H5N1 – a novel strain of bird flu. I even liken this avian flu scourge to a terrorist attack because it undermines one …

Victorian farm tests positive for bird flu as egg shortages continue
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Victorian farm tests positive for bird flu as egg shortages continue

ABC  

Egg supplies across the country are struggling to keep up with demand resulting in empty shelves in some areas. The bird flu outbreak centred around egg farms in south-west Victoria who were major suppliers to the supermarkets. "This outbreak has occurred at our Euroa property and will affect less than 10 per cent of our egg production," Kinross Farms managing …

With Victoria's avian influenza outbreak over, what has been learned?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

With Victoria's avian influenza outbreak over, what has been learned?

ABC  

A farmer whose operation was impacted by the response to Australia's largest avian influenza outbreak is warning of more frequent outbreaks and egg shortages. "Ten thousand birds per hectare is the sort of free range we're talking about — inevitably you're exposing these birds to the outside world in an uncontrolled environment and with such high stocking density, it's really …

Nation’s second-largest egg producer hit by bird flu as virus spreads across the US
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Nation’s second-largest egg producer hit by bird flu as virus spreads across the US

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The egg farm was impacted by bird flu “Unfortunately, we have been previously affected by …

'About to get worse': Why egg prices are set to skyrocket
2 months, 1 week ago

'About to get worse': Why egg prices are set to skyrocket

Raw Story  

During his 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly made the promise that "prices will come down," BBC reports, but according to two experts, that won't be happening any time soon — at least when it comes to the price of eggs. While eggs are already "40% more expensive now than they were a year ago," KTLA notes, according to the …

Nearly $9 a dozen: Why egg prices are skyrocketing and for how long
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly $9 a dozen: Why egg prices are skyrocketing and for how long

LA Times  

The egg case at a grocery store in Chicago in September. A bird flu outbreak has Californians paying steep prices for eggs, with consumers sometimes scrambling to locate a carton of eggs amid a disrupted supply chain that has left some store shelves empty. Persistent and significant outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza have decimated California’s poultry flocks and …

The price of eggs has risen just in time for peak baking season
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The price of eggs has risen just in time for peak baking season

NPR  

The price of eggs has risen just in time for peak baking season NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with American Egg Board President and CEO Emily Metz about the latest rise in egg prices just as peak baking season gets underway. ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: It's baking season - holiday cakes and cookies and babka. And that means, for the bakers among …

Egg prices tick up in US amid efforts to halt spread of bird flu
4 months ago

Egg prices tick up in US amid efforts to halt spread of bird flu

Al Jazeera  

Price for a dozen eggs has increased by more than 60 percent over the last year as millions of birds killed. Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season in the United States. “Those are being rapidly corrected, sometimes within a day,” said Emily Metz, …

Supermarket egg shortage to ease in spring after nation's largest-ever bird flu outbreak
7 months, 1 week ago

Supermarket egg shortage to ease in spring after nation's largest-ever bird flu outbreak

ABC  

For months, shoppers across Australia have grappled with low egg stocks at supermarkets. Rowan McMonnies, managing director of not-for-profit company Australian Eggs, said the warmer weather ahead and flock rebuilding would help to ease shortages. Tasmania's largest egg producer will add 20,000 free-range birds to its flock at Longford, in the state's north. "Just as we have seen in other …

'Fewer eggs on shelves' as bird flu culls affect production, says poultry industry
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Fewer eggs on shelves' as bird flu culls affect production, says poultry industry

ABC  

In short: Egg shortages could be felt over the coming week after four egg farms go into quarantine. Egg producers are warning shoppers of a potential shortage from this week as bird flu outbreaks affect production in Victoria. Victorian egg producer and Egg Farmers of Australia state director Meg Parkinson said any supply shortages would have been felt by now, …

More than four million chickens to be killed after bird flu hits egg farm
10 months ago

More than four million chickens to be killed after bird flu hits egg farm

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Farmers will have to …

Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm
10 months ago

Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday. Crews are in the process of killing 4.2 million chickens after the disease was found at a farm in Sioux County, Iowa, making it …

Bird flu spread fears mean 500,000 chickens must be culled
10 months ago

Bird flu spread fears mean 500,000 chickens must be culled

ABC  

To protect our birds and your food, more than half a million chickens need to die. "We now move towards stamping out the disease which means removing the diseased and at risk population and disposing of them in a way which means there is no risk of onward spread," Victoria’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Graeme Cooke explained. Supply impact ‘a …

South Africa culls nearly 2.5 million chickens to contain bird flu outbreaks
1 year, 5 months ago

South Africa culls nearly 2.5 million chickens to contain bird flu outbreaks

Hindustan Times  

South Africa has culled nearly 2.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that have threatened to create a shortage of eggs for consumers and are hitting an industry already struggling due to an electricity crisis, the government said on Tuesday. Wilhelm Mare, chairman of the poultry group in the …

Eggs are expensive right now — will this last forever?
2 years, 2 months ago

Eggs are expensive right now — will this last forever?

Salon  

This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! The drastic rise in cost and simultaneous scarcity is happening for two reasons: a historic avian flu outbreak within the United …

Bird flu forces egg farm to euthanize 3 million chickens
2 years, 6 months ago

Bird flu forces egg farm to euthanize 3 million chickens

Associated Press  

TOLEDO, Ohio — An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found at a giant egg-laying operation in Ohio, state and federal agriculture officials said Wednesday. The case confirmed over the weekend in Ohio’s Defiance County has affected roughly 3 million chickens, according to …

Bird flu outbreaks: When will we learn our lesson?
2 years, 9 months ago

Bird flu outbreaks: When will we learn our lesson?

Salon  

Last month a man in Colorado became the first human known to have contracted a new, highly infectious strain of avian flu. But lethal bird flu viruses can and do kill wildlife, and this year's hybrid H5N1 is proving especially deadly to wild birds in the United States and Europe. Much of the government's research on bird flu impacts on …

Bird flu outbreak nears worst ever in US with 37 million chickens and turkeys dead
2 years, 10 months ago

Bird flu outbreak nears worst ever in US with 37 million chickens and turkeys dead

The Independent  

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Egg shortage in WA to linger for a few months after perfect storm of events
3 years, 1 month ago

Egg shortage in WA to linger for a few months after perfect storm of events

ABC  

Western Australia's commercial egg industry is warning a tight local supply of eggs on supermarket shelves could last more than six months. Key points: The WA egg industry says a perfect storm of factors has tightened supply Producers warn the looming egg shortage could last several months Consumers are encouraged to be patient as the industry scrambles to increase supply …

Bird flu found at four more poultry farms in Panchkula: Lab director
4 years, 2 months ago

Bird flu found at four more poultry farms in Panchkula: Lab director

Hindustan Times  

The Northern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Jalandhar, on Sunday confirmed bird flu in samples taken from four more poultry farms in Panchukula’s Barwala-Raipur Rani belt, adding to the number of birds to be culled. Bird flu found at four more poultry farms in Panchkula: Lab director Meanwhile, culling operations are moving at a snail’s pace, with the district administration managing …

Secretary Of Agriculture: Bird Flu Poses 'No Health Issue' To Humans
9 years, 9 months ago

Secretary Of Agriculture: Bird Flu Poses 'No Health Issue' To Humans

NPR  

Secretary Of Agriculture: Bird Flu Poses 'No Health Issue' To Humans Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Bird flu is raging through poultry farms across the United States. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who spent last week meeting with farmers, producer groups and government officials in Iowa and Wisconsin, tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer that the …

Bird flu hits hard in egg-producing Iowa; 25 million hens may be lost
9 years, 10 months ago

Bird flu hits hard in egg-producing Iowa; 25 million hens may be lost

LA Times  

The men charged with ridding the farm of a deadly contagion tugged at their dark green protective suits and adjusted the double-intake respirators covering their faces. Another sign, in red letters, advised, “All employees & drivers must disinfect tires.” Just past the checkpoint sat Rose Acre Farms, a family-owned egg-laying facility that is one of dozens of poultry farms hit …

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