The largest producer and distributor of eggs in the United States revealed on Tuesday that its egg-laying hens at a mega-industrial farm in Kansas had been infected with highly pathogenic bird flu. This is bad news as egg prices are likely to recover after falling from record highs earlier this year.
On Tuesday, Cal-Maine Foods wrote in a news release that 684,000 laying hens, or about 1.6 percent of its total flock, have been affected by bird flu. The production facility is located in Kansas and has temporarily ceased operations to follow safety protocols outlined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Bloomberg noted that Cal-Maine escaped bird flu cases after the virus decimated 72 million birds last year.
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