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Egg Prices: 10% Jump Last Month Amid Bird Flu Outbreak—Here’s What To Know • Mar. 12, 2025, 7:04 AM ET (Forbes)

USDA looks at boosting egg imports in $1 billion plan to lower prices and combat bird flu • Feb. 26, 2025, 7:27 AM ET (USA Today)

Egg Prices Are Soaring. Bird Flu May Not Be the Only Culprit. • Feb. 25, 2025, 4:20 AM ET (New York Times)

Surging egg prices are pummeling America’s bakeries • Feb. 24, 2025, 3:22 AM ET (CNN)

At the ‘Wall Street of Eggs,’ Demand Is Surging • Feb. 18, 2025, 1:22 AM ET (Wall Street Journal)

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