The U.S. Department of Agriculture says wholesale egg prices have been falling since late February, and there have been no new reports of bird flu.
That's great news! However, the average Californian cares about seeing that drop reflected in store prices.
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With places like Vons and Ralph's charging $8-$9 for a dozen, people are hoping things change sooner rather than later.
Bill Mattos with the California Poultry Federation told KNX News' Karen Adams that farmers are getting back on track after losing staggering numbers of chickens to the bird flu.
According to Mattos, the millions of birds lost in the last few months are now being repopulated, "So they will be producing eggs in a very short time."
"The big problem is," Mattos said, "you have that dead period when you disinfect the barns until you raise the new birds for eggs."
Mattos said the process takes about 3 or 4 months, and during that time, the farmers are essentially "out of business."
Despite things moving in the right direction, experts say we do not see an immediate price drop because the eggs currently in stores were purchased before the lower wholesale price.
They hope the supply will be up by Easter and the prices will go down even more.
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