( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to 2021 levels.” Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world. [CutID: <Cuts> EGG-PRICES-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: EGG-PRICES-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: to 2021 levels] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. One major culprit is avian flu. In 2022 alone, more than 131 million poultry worldwide died or […]
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Bird flu, weather and inflation conspire to keep egg prices high
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to 2021 levels.”
Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world.
[CutID: <Cuts> EGG-PRICES-house-q-TUEam.mp3
Time: 19s
Title: EGG-PRICES-house-q-TUEam
Out-cue: to 2021 levels]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. One major culprit is avian flu. In 2022 alone, more than 131 million poultry worldwide died or were culled on farms affected by the disease. Higher chicken feed costs due to weather and inflation have also impacted egg prices.
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VERBATIM: The high cost reflects a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. While global prices are lower than they were at this time last year, they remain elevated. A senior global specialist with a Dutch financial services firm doesn’t expect them to return to 2021 levels.