Thursday, March 6, 2025

Ag Secretary has egg price solution

United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Americans who are concerned about high egg prices should consider keeping a few chickens.

But won't that frustrate attempts to stop the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza, the virus responsible for rising egg prices?

And just how much does she think consumers who keep a backyard flock would save?

One economist calculated that even if retail egg prices were to rise to $10 a dozen, the eggs from a backyard flock would cost about $300 more.

And when U.S. President Donald Trump addressed Congress Wednesday night, he blamed former President Joe Biden for high egg prices. I guess it's because Biden didn't urge people to produce their own eggs.