Egg Prices Jump as Bird Flu Hits Poultry Flocks - The Wall Street Journal

Avian influenza spreading across the U.S. has led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, tightening supplies for eggs and poultry.

A rapidly escalating bird-flu outbreak in the U.S. is contributing to a surge in egg prices and threatens to raise prices on other poultry products in the coming months as deaths continue to mount. … [+491 chars]

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