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Several grocery items have gotten more expensive this year. But nothing comes close to the rise in egg prices.

    (CNN) — Several grocery items have gotten more expensive this year. But nothing comes close to the rise in egg prices. In the year through November, not adjusted for seasonal swings, egg prices jumped 49%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since early this year, a deadly avian flu has been reducing […]

Several grocery items have gotten more expensive​ this year. But nothing comes close to the rise in egg prices.

In the year through November, not adjusted for seasonal swings, egg prices jumped 49%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Egg prices that rocketed to record highs after one the worst bird flu outbreaks in U.S. history are now falling - fast - as the industry replaces dead hens.

Midwest large eggs, the benchmark for commodity price, closed at $2.16 a dozen on Friday, down about 37% from late Julys record high, according to commodity researcher Urner Barry.

Since January, the outbreak has spread to 32 states.

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Since Iowa confirmed it latest case of the avian flu May 2 in a backyard flock in Bremer County, at least 16 other outbreaks in eight states have been reported, leading farmers to cull tens of thousands of chickens, turkeys and ducks to slow the spread of the disease, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.