Tight supply and high demand directly caused wholesale egg prices to increase for months, culminating in record-high wholesale prices in late February, as well as "intermittent shortages of eggs at ...

The rise in prices has been largely driven by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, outbreak. For instance, the latest CPI released on April 10 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

The move tees up a major political fight over the Trump administration's priorities — and the small pot of money USDA has to spread around.