California egg prices rose dramatically over the last month due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and other issues affecting farms across the state and throughout the country, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The price of a dozen large, white eggs spiked to approximately $8.97 per dozen in California as of Jan. 3, up from $5.28 in late November, a 70 percent increase, reported the USDA.
Bird flu cases in California have been reported in Butte, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Joaquin, El Dorado, Monterey, Tulare, Kern, Fresno, and Stanislaus counties in recent weeks.
As of Jan. 6, there have been 19 affected commercial flocks, three affected backyard flocks, and a total of 4.6 million birds affected in this outbreak in the state….