The bizarre war over eggs

During the last four years, while bird flu rampaged throughout America, the USDA under the Biden administration responded by slaughtering over 100 million chickens (by some accounts, as many as 150 million) with no countermeasures to prevent egg price inflation.

The historic spike in egg prices, therefore, should have come as no surprise. The average price of a dozen eggs hit $5.90 in February 2025. The USDA reported egg prices hit a historic high of $8.17 per dozen on March 3. Because this price is an average...