He shoots his prices … Trump is forced to request Europe’s help to import it

Ocu condemns that The cheap eggs offered by supermarkets in Spain increased to 25.2 % In the past two weeks. It is a lot of climbing, but little compared to what is happening USAAs the price doubled a year. There they are already paying Average of $ 5 for dozens of eggs Category A and size M.

The situation is very dangerous and the resulting warning between the population, which started the United States Communications with many European countries to assess the possibility of importing eggs. Reuters Calculate a message from US Department of Agriculture (The US Department of Agriculture) in which the countries that produce eggs at the end of February consulted. “Do you have an estimate of the number of eggs that can be provided to the United States (assuming that it meets all import requirements)?”

There is a scarcity in eggs all over the world because consumption is increasing and many are affected by the mutation.

Currently, the Danish Association of Egg Producers says it will study it, but there are no egg surpluses in Europe. “there Egg deficiency everywhere around the world Because consumption is increasing and many are affected by bird flu, ”says, in February, Torke announced that he started exporting about 15,000 tons of eggs to the United States.

Flu from 2022

In the United States, the eggs are missing and as a result the price was launched. On his first day in the mandate, the president Donald Trump He promised to reduce prices. However, in February (the first full month of his government) Eggs rose 59 % compared to the previous year.

The problem did not start yesterday. It comes from afar and the main reason is Flu FluIn the United States, it expands without control. Indeed in 2022 the virus was very present. Only between October 1 and December 31, egg and bird seizures will increase by 108 %, According to the statistics of the US Department of Agriculture. So in December 2022, the price of eggs that the Americans already paid increased by 60 % compared to the previous year.

The bird influenza virus was discovered in 2022. On February 8, “pathogenic bird flu” was found in a commercial herd in the United States. From that moment on, in just one year, more than 57 million birds have been influenced by spread; Some of them are more than 44 million chicken positions. Since February 2022, according to the US Department of Agriculture, More than 166 million birds died on farms Americans.

Smuggling

Therefore, in 2023 the eggs became evading Mexico. Two years have passed and things have not improved. Indeed, since October 2024 until now, border customers have made More confiscation of egg smuggling more than fentanel. Administration, before Joe Biden As president and now with Trump, he did not know how to stop the influenza.

On February 7, the US Department of Agriculture issued a report that “the moment and size of bird flu buds and size They were born a defect in the national table of table eggsWith a deficiency in some areas and hardly available in others.

According to their data, in November 2024, about 7 million cases of pathogens were recorded among birds; In December there were more than 18 million; In January 2025 23 million cases have already been notified.

Rose Acre Farms, one of the most important egg producers in the country, was announced at the end of January in its X account One of his farms in Indiana had proven positive in Aviar Severe nurse. Consequently, the company had to implement what he called “measures to alleviate its spread.”

Currently, there are viruses outbreaks in California, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina and OuhayuAccording to the US Department of Agriculture. In November and December, AVIAR flu killed 17.2 million chickens, nearly half of the dead birds in the virus in 2024. Last January, about 8.3 million died. While the bird flu continues, the high prices are high.

5 dollars for dozens of eggs

The consumer price index explains to the US government that at the national level, the price Ten large eggs reached $ 1.93 in January 2022. In January 2023, the supermarkets showed the same image that is now due to the scarcity of eggs. The first crisis took the price to $ 4.25 paid in December 2023.

The situation appears to be normalized, at least the price, throughout 2024. But the increases returned at the end of that year. If dozens of eggs cost in November $ 3.65, I witnessed in December a 14 % increase to reach 4.15. Already in 2025, the price reached 4.95 in January, by 19 % more than a month. On March 5, dollars are paid.

At the end of February, the US Department of Agriculture estimated this Egg prices would have increased by 20 % in 2025Compared to an increase of 2.2 % of food prices in general. “It will take time (low prices), within a month or two, but we hope in the summer,” said Brock Rollins.

It will take some time (low prices), and I think it is within a month or two, but we hope in the summer.

For all this, People “kill” to take dozens of eggs or the best two. To the extent that there are supermarkets that sell the first cardboard of eggs at the normal price, those $ 5 on average, but for the second you have to pay the trio.

Are influenza birds the only cause?

The retail price is determined by several factors. This is supply, demand, production costs and standard changes, but also to address the potential market. The high price of this basic food has opened the US Department of Justice to investigate the case or reasons. It is about Learn if the big producers conspired To raise prices or contain the supply, as I mentioned before Wall Street Journal.

The American Board of whites is the organization that represents egg producers. “The increase in the price of eggs is caused by something other than bird flu. It is a wrong interpretation of facts and reality“According to Metz, the egg producers are the ones who take the prices, and not those who create them, in the egg market, and this market responds to the uncertainty and chaos caused by bird flu.

It indicates that the increase in price is due to something other than bird flu is a wrong explanation of the facts.

What will Trump do?

The great wave of bird flu on the United States in 2014. At that time, the aggressive sacrifice arrested the spread of the virus in one year. But this time The sacrifice of birds was not enough To extinguish infection.

Last month, Rollins announced Plan of $ 1,000 million to combat bird flu. The White House says, it will be partially funded Elon Musk:

And it contains Trump, Call to the gates of EuropeHe has worsened a lot since his arrival at the Oval Office on January 20.