As ‘Egg-flation’ continues across the nation that led many scrambling to the store to stock up on eggs, according to the USDA, prices are now about 10 cents lower on average for eggs per dozen in New York.
The USDA also said the demand is now ‘moderate.’
At Stonecrop Farm in Rush, owner Greg Hartt says nationally after a huge increase in prices around Christmas, egg prices are steadying again.
“At this point, we’re kind of seeing things come back down to Earth. For us here at our farm, our egg prices have fortunately been able to remain stable,” said Hartt.
That he said is because his farm has not had issues with avian influenza. That strain of flu impacted a lot of factory farms nationally — not so much the mom-and-pops like Stonecrop.
“It was really driven by migratory birds, and we have plenty of Canadian geese flying overhead. Fortunately for us, we didn’t have any issues,” he said.
Source: rochesterfirst.com
Categories: New York, Livestock, Poultry