Chicken meat prices hold steady despite rising egg costs
Chicken meat prices haven’t increased like egg prices in recent months. Fewer production disruptions have helped supplies keep pace with demand and steady prices. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Consumers may have noticed the cost of chicken meat has not climbed in relation to soaring egg prices amid production losses due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts say several factors make meat production broiler farms more resilient to outbreaks, keeping prices relatively stable.
