After the announcement of new reciprocal tariffs by the president of the United States, Donald Trumpon the afternoon of Wednesday, January 2, egg prices in that country increased again and reached a new record of US $ 6.34 (Q48.90) By dozen, Although the Republican president had predicted a fall.
On Wednesday, April 9, the Office of Labor Statistics in the United States reported the increase in the price of eggs and indicated that the shoots of Aviar flu were the main cause of the increase, taking into account that more than 30 million laying chickens They had to be sacrificed between February and March.
“The farms that had outbreaks have been working to resume egg production after disinfect their barns and raise new parvadas, but chickens must have around six months Age before starting to put eggs, “explained the agricultural economist of the University of Arkansas, Jada Thompson.
In this context, the affected farms did not resume their operations with how quickly 285 million laying chickens activated throughout the US territory, lower than 315 million registered before the new aviar flu outbreak.
The price of eggs in historical maximums
According to the US authorities, every time a bird becomes ill, the whole parvada must be sacrificed to prevent avian flu spreading throughout the sector. This situation directly affects the supply of eggs, because massive poultry farms usually host more than One million laying hens.
“The disease is difficult to control because it spreads easily through faeces of the birds that carry the aviar flu virus. There are cases in which it has also infected other animals, including the cattlebut the authorities argue that it does not represent a significant threat to the humans“Jada added.
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Given the circumstances, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, He declared that President Trump’s plan to combat avian flu – focused on strengthening the defenses of egg farms against this virus – “is probably more long -term help,” although for now the impact will continue to increase.
“I think there are many people who are waiting to see that egg prices go down because they wanted to consider it a victory. But I think it will be a loss For all of us, since the analysis seems to indicate that the price will increase in the coming weeks, “Rollins added during a press conference on Thursday, April 3.
According to the market research company Datamblyin charge of tracking prices in thousands of stores in the US territory, the value of eggs varies throughout the country, according to the location of avian flu shoots. In Californiaa dozen slope US $ 6.33while Nebraska It remains in US $ 4.98 (Q38).
Under these conditions, some consumers have resorted to eggs false For traditional crafts of Passoverwhich are held from Friday 11 to Tuesday, April 22. Therefore, a kit that contains a dozen eggs plastic Currently costs US $ 2.49 (Q19.21) And it has become a sales success in the United States.
In the US, the concern for excessive price increase has grown, with limited sales of products.
Since the arrival of Donald Trump, some merchants restrict the sale to two egg cards per person.
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