Egg prices hack records on the eve of the Easter holiday, but relief can be on the horizon

Egg lovers fight because prices may have hacked all the times Ahead of EasterBut federal officials say it is relieved on the road.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen eggs reached $ 6.23 in March, which is 6% compared to February and more than 60% higher than a year ago. But behind the scenes, a sharp drop in the wholesale costs creates the soil for the rebound on the counter.

“Wholesale prices for eggs … decrease, depending on whom you look, from 50 to 65%”, “” Minister of Agriculture Brook Roliniz He said during the Balot’s press near the White House on Thursday. “We said that all at retail prices would just take some time to catch up … But we feel very confident that it would continue to come back.”

The dramatic drop of wholesale prices-with high-dollar highs in February before approximately $ 3.26 is the result of what USDA calls a “five-sided strategy” to solve both bird flu and the market.

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The Brooke Rolinze Secretary of Agriculture considers when President Donald Trump signs executive orders at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Getty Images)

“The secretary of Roliniz seeks to reduce the prices for consumers and continues to use all the tools to do so,” the USDA press -secretary confirmed in an exclusive statement by Fox Business. “After implementing the five -sided plan to reduce the prices of eggs a little more than a month ago, the wholesale price of the eggs decreased by more than 56%. It will take several weeks to make the price decline in the retail market. That is why we must remain diligent.”

The five -year USDA plan includes strengthening biological safety on farms to prevent further bird outbreaks, increasing payment payments to help farmers redo the flocks faster and reduce the normative red tape to expand the delivery and accelerate delivery.

It also invests $ 100 million in a bird flu study and the development of the vaccine while expanding imports, including from Turkey and South Korea to alleviate the pressure on the internal proposal.

A third of the Americans stopped buying eggs; Will not return until the prices collapse

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, DHS Secretary Christie Noah and Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rolinz during the signing of the executive orders at the White House on Wednesday. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Getty Images)

The sharp rise in the prices of eggs this year was due to a large extent a serious outbreak of highly pathogenic influenza (HPAI), which swept through the bird farms in early 2025. In order to keep the distribution, millions of chickens that lay eggs were transferred to a number of large production states, which significantly reduced national supply. According to USDA, the outbreak in 2025 became one of the most devastating because the virus again moved to the American flocks in 2022, and the commercial layer operations were particularly strong.

Speaking with Trump during a Thursday’s office meeting, Roliniz attributed a broader economic program for the support of rural America during the transition.

“This president has a vision of the US economy’s perestroika to ensure that we put America first,” she said. “We believe that these changes in the short term will create unlimited and unprecedented prosperity for our farmers … But if not, USDA is in the short term to provide – just as we did in the first term – what our farmers care.”

Finance Minister Scott Baby, the Center, performs during the Cabinet of Ministers at the White House in Washington, Colombia District, Thursday. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)

From Easter, only ahead of Roliniz called the “egg super backer”. The USDA and the White House are betting that the wholesale immersion will soon appear on the shelves of grocery stores.

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With high prices for the eggs of this Easter, many Americans are engaged in creativity. Some families miss real eggs and instead stain items such as marshmallows and potatoes.

Others resort to multiple options such as plastic or wooden shops. They can be decorated as real eggs and saved over the next years.

“Eggs are big, right?” Trump asked During the Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday.