KQEH Nightly Business Report June 22, 2024
Inflation. And thats where a new government report comes in on the prices something near and dear to all of us, egg prices. The department of agriculture reports the prices are at an alltime high following the worst outbreak of bird flu in decades. Its basic classic supply and demand, fewer eggs, higher prices. And as we report, the shortage not just for eggs may be far from over. Reporter avian flu, officials now call it the worst animal Virus Outbreak in u. S. History. Its been more than two months since the last case was detected but the damage is done. 48 million chicken and turkeys had to...