New York —
Egg prices have been plummeting.
That’s great news for American shoppers, but bad news for American farmers.
The average price of a dozen eggs at the grocery store is $2.58, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about half of what many consumers were paying a year ago.
Bird flocks have been on the rebound after last year’s avian flu outbreak, but that has farmers suddenly selling at a loss.
“Our farmers have traded one crisis for another,” said Emily Metz, president and CEO of the