Michigan has reported the most cases of the bird flu in dairy herds in the country, but officials said that’s likely because of widespread testing in the state.
In a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission, the organization Farm Action accused the country’s dominant egg producers of scheming to raise prices.
Egg prices have surged in recent weeks, resulting in higher grocery bills for households and restaurants across the country. Experts blame the increase on last year’s record-breaking outbreaks of deadly bird flu, which wiped out more than 52 million birds across the country as flocks were culled to
2015 was an important year for agricultural stories, from the slump in the U.S. farm economy because of plunging commodity prices to the outbreak of avian influenza and Congress repealing mandatory country-of-origin labeling on meat products.
