High egg prices and their impact

(Fox News Rundown podcast)

The causes behind high egg prices and what lies in the future. 

Impacts Of Mississippi River's Low Water Levels Reach Far Beyond Barge Traffic

Drought has driven the Mississippi River to its lowest levels in decades and that's affecting everything from shipping to drinking water along the nation's second-longest river.

Get used to expensive eggs

 

The bird-flu outbreak fueling America's egg shortage could be here to stay.

U.S. beef cattle inventory lowest since 1962

Beef cattle inventories across the United States are at their lowest point in more than six decades, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Chinese hog growth, rain in South America cause soybean price surge

Arkansas’ largest crop has been getting a little more valuable as 2023 begins. Soybean prices have trended upward this year due to rising export projections according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rains in Brazil and expanding hog production in China could fuel further price spikes for the crop that is used for livestock feed in many countries.

Employing microorganisms to counter major disease affecting beef industry

The little things living in a calf's nose could be key to combating bovine respiratory disease, the single most costly illness affecting the beef industry.

Rice farmer fact sheet

(High Plains Journal)

An animal scientist at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station has shown that a common and inexpensive hormone additive may mitigate the ill effects on growth performance of calves born to cows grazed on endophyte-infected fescue pastures during gestation.

Why are eggs so damn expensive?

via The Street

When it comes to egg prices, the yolk is on the U.S. consumer.

Egg prices doubled in price to $4.25 a dozen in December 2022 compared to $1.72 for a dozen eggs in late 2020.