The egg values ​​are rising. Don’t expect to exchange any time soon

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Omaha, and B. (AP) – forcing farmers to attack millions of chickens a month, forced US prices to over their 2023 market costs. Nor does there appear to be free in the eyes, given the surgery for Easter.

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Middle and Twelve Reviews $ 4.15 in December. That is not too high as the $ 4.82 record has been placed two years ago, but the Department of Agriculture predicts the prices they will increase over 20% this year.

Consumers in other parts of the country have already paid over the middle price, or worse, to find empty shelves in their local food stores. Organic and CAGE-free varieties are very expensive.

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Some stores are even limited with how many eggs are buyers can buy.

“Just a robbery,” Minneappolis Redita Sage Mills, who bought eggs to bake birthday last week. “The eggs are usually kind of basic food, but now you know, you can just go out to eat.”

What drives prices for prices?

The outbreak of the birds starting in 2022 is the main reason for the highest eggs.

Whenever the virus is found on a farm poultry, every flock is slaughtered to prevent limiting ‘the spread of the virus. And with farms that are always eggzy living in more than 1 million chickens, a few infection can cause fullness.

The problem is often flexible because it takes months to discard all of the bodies, viruses should bring new birds.

Over 145 billion poultry, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered since its outbreaks, most of them are poultry.

CAGH-Free egg rules in 10 provinces can also be responsible for the contributions to something offered and pricing. The rules set a small amount of chicken or free of egg-egg-egg sugar. At the beginning of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Michigan. At the Store in Chicago on Monday, the familiar eggs cost $ 4.49 but few ten-free eggs were sold for $ 6.19.

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Why is it so difficult to control?

The flu of birds is mainly of wild birds such as ducks and geese as they migrate. While killing different animals, those species often carry without illness, which give the virus a chance to change and prosper.

The virus can spread by dumping or interacting between the raised chickens and wild birds. And easily followed on a farm boots or by car.

Unlike previous destruction, the one who started in 2022 did not die at high temperatures in the summer.

The virus found another new group where Dairy Cattle started sick in the previous March. That creates many opportunities for the virus in Linger and spreads in unlike chickens, cows are not slaughtered when they are sick because of the death of the birds.

More than 12 people were also sick with a bird flu and one person died from the previous march. Almost all work in sick animals. Health officials had not found evidence of a person who was distributed to man.

What is done to stop the virus?

Farmers go for a great length to protect their flocks.

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Many chickens farms are put on trucks to burn bacteria in their property and require workers to flow and change clothes before entering within the belt. They also invest in twice as much weeks so nothing was used in one barn shared.

Some poultry farmers also invest in Lasers firing green green beams in random patterns disable ducks and geese in finding.

Dark cattle farmers divide any sick cattle and make other processes before transporting animals on the farm – especially if it has been a productive eruption or if the cows are sent to the meat processing. The government also tests the milk.

Future vaccines can help, but it does not work millions of poultry through bodies, and in other countries it can refuse to buy meat in vaccines.

The health authorities emphasize that any sick birds or cows are stored without food. Cooking meat to 165 degrees (74 Celsius) kills the colds of Birds, E. COLI, Salmonella or anything else. Hands and kill the virus with milk. Green milk is the only food product that is infected so far.

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How much is the expenses of the bloom so far?

It is impossible to know how much farmers have used to close the bags, build workshops for workers or accepting other means of biosecurity.

“In the last five years, my small farm will last thousands of dollars in the biosecurity,” Minnesota Turkey Farmer Loren Brey. “But not just that, is the day every day when you visit the biosecurity.”

The US Department of Agriculture has spent at least $ 1.14 billion compensating farmers in the bird they had to kill. The same number was not immediately available for how much money was used to help Dairies.

USDA spokesman Shilo Weir said the department said the department had spent more than $ 576 million in its response.

Turkey prices, milk and chicken also seen pressure from the cold flu.

The Mike Vickers, Sexyrz Liquor manager & Supermarket Eminneapolis, they cannot even be limited or limited eggs. You understand the painful customers feeling.

“It’s the first time I have been kind to my shame from what I sell for eggs,” she said. “And it is not our fault. We pay today $ 7.45 twelve eggs. We sell $ 7.59. That does not create debt.”

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Funk reported to Omaha, and Brasska. VanCleave donated Ninneapolis and Durbin from Detroit.

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