President Donald Trump’s critics have been left with egg on their faces as another one of their fearmongering narratives has imploded.
The price of eggs has continued to plummet, dropping over 61% since Trump took office in January after reaching an all-time high in March, when prices reportedly reached over $8 a dozen.
“Eggs US decreased 3.29 USD/DOZEN or 56.63% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Historically, Eggs US reached an all time high of 8.17 in March of 2025,” the data website Trading Economics reported, citing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The barrage of media reports about the cost of eggs dwindled away as the Trump administration made good on consumer promises.
UPDATE: Egg prices have now declined 62% since President Trump’s inauguration day.
They were $6.55. They are now $2.52 per dozen.
MASSIVE WIN.
The media ignored this story once it got good for Trump. pic.twitter.com/xN5WreQTLb
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 31, 2025
“Shell egg demand posted a slight improvement headed into the Memorial Day weekend but remained well below average in the continuation of a trend that began during the sharp price increases in late winter,” according to the USDA Egg Markets Overview.
A bird flu outbreak led to the killing of millions of chickens and the U.S. turned to Turkey, Brazil and South Korea to import eggs in response.
“Since the outbreak began in 2022, bird flu has affected over 166 million birds, including 127 million egg layers,” Fox Business reported. “This equates to an average loss of 42.3 million egg layers per year, or about 11% of the five-year average annual layer inventory of 383 million hens since the outbreak began, according to Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Foundation.”
Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins:
“The reason egg prices increased 237% under Joe Biden was the way that they handled the avian bird flu… A month ago, I released the five-point plan. Since we released that plan, the cost of eggs has come down 56% and continues to go down.” pic.twitter.com/fxDaTMUmPk
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) May 9, 2025
The bird flu outbreak continues, according to the Egg Markets Overview.
“An additional outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported this week in a commercial cage-free table egg flock of 1.55 million in Arizona. In 2025 to date, based on the latest data from APHIS, HPAI in commercial table egg layer flocks have resulted in the depopulation of 35 million birds,” the publication noted.
“To date, USDA APHIS has confirmed 43 outbreaks in layer flocks in 10 states (AZ, CA, IA, IN, MO, NC, OH, PA, SD, and WA),” it added.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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