Could bird flu vaccines help tackle high egg prices? Experts say it’s not so simple
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On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the agency’s options for controlling the bird flu outbreak and possibly help lower the price of eggs.
On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the agency’s options for controlling the bird flu outbreak and possibly help lower the price of eggs. In another meeting last week, Rollins met with two dozen farmers to hear their ideas about how to fight bird flu. She promised them relief. “This problem wasn’t created overnight, and it will take us a little time to tackle this issue, but we will take aggressive action to help our poultry farmers combat avian flu and to make eggs affordable again,” she said. On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump promised to bring all grocery prices down on “day one.” But from December to January, grocery prices had the sharpest increase on a monthly basis in more than two years. Economists blame eggs. The price of eggs rose in that period at the fastest rate in nearly a decade, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. Unless something changes, Rollins’ department predicts, egg prices will continue to rise more than 20% this year. One reason eggs are pricey and sometimes hard to find is an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu.
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