ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } USDA Warns Egg Prices Could Rise by 41 Percent in 2025 – BCI 24 News Network
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USDA Warns Egg Prices Could Rise by 41 Percent in 2025

27 February 2025 6:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that egg prices could spike by more than 40 percent this year amid bird flu outbreaks and the mass culling of layer hens across the United States.
The main reason egg prices have increased—hitting an all-time average high of $4.95 per dozen last month—is that more than 166 million birds have been slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus when cases are detected.
Most were egg-laying chickens. Since the start of the year, more than 30 million egg-laying hens have been culled.
According to USDA’s February 2025 Food Price Outlook, published on Tuesday, retail egg prices surged by 13.8 percent in January 2025 after rising by 8.4 percent in December 2024. Prices are expected to remain volatile on a month-by-month basis, in part because 18.8 million commercial egg layers were impacted by avian influenza outbreaks in January, the highest monthly total since the outbreak began in 2022, the USDA said….