Egg prices have continued to rise — and shoppers are routinely discovering sparsely filled or empty egg coolers at supermarkets.

Factory farms create the ideal breeding grounds for infectious diseases like bird flu. The vast majority of U.S. broiler chickens (78%) and U.S. egg laying hens (75%) are raised on factory farms, ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, continue to drive egg prices to record highs across the U.S.

H5N1 bird flu has been detected twice in birds in the Atlanta area this month. Here’s what to know if you keep chickens and ducks at home.

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial ...

An outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the U.S. state of Georgia, the nation's biggest chicken producer, is set to trigger trade restrictions from major meat importers, an industry group said on ...

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022 ...

This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, with more information. The bird flu has reached the state’s ...

Bird flu has wreaked havoc on the egg market. In November and December alone, 17.2 million egg-laying hens died as a result ...

The outbreak, which began in poultry in early 2022, has killed more than 130 million commercial ... disruptions to global fertilizer and grain supplies from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Commercial poultry producers should follow the procedures of contacting the company they grow for when they notice signs of disease. Delaware backyard flock owners who notice any of the signs of ...

She also noted that the cage-free law is not responsible for the recent shortage of eggs on grocery shelves. That had more to do with high holiday demand and chicken flocks devastated by bird flu. “We ...