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Poultry farmers

Why the price of eggs is down — and likely to keep falling

by Henry Epp
May 12, 2023
Fewer bird flu cases and a natural increase in egg supply in the spring is leading to lower prices.
Egg prices dropped more than $1.50 on average between January and April 2023.
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Chicken farmer ramps up biosecurity measures

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 8, 2017
Ed Fryar says he's 'watchful' but not worried about the recent avian flu outbreak in Tennessee.
A strain of bird flu was detected in a chicken farm in Tennessee earlier this week, causing worry over the possibility of an avian influenza outbreak.
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Experts still puzzling over bird flu

by Annie Baxter
Jun 25, 2015
Experts are still stymied by a bird flu crisis that cost farmers millions of birds.
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