What’s behind high Egg Prices?
For many Americans, eggs are a staple of everyday life. Cooked for breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner, the easy-to-prepare food item has become a dietary mainstay due to the amount of protein and vitamins that are packed into a fairly small package.

But if you’ve gone out to your favorite weekend brunch spot recently or paid attention at the grocery store, you’ve likely noticed that the price on this popular food item has skyrocketed in recent weeks.

You’ve also maybe noticed increasing prices at your favorite local bakery, which uses eggs in most of its baked goods, or at the Italian restaurant uptown that uses eggs to make its pasta noodles.

Americans don’t just consume the eggs by themselves but use them as an ingredient in many...