Fact-checking Trump's claim on egg prices
Though egg prices did increase under President Joe Biden, they have recently surged under Trump too — and that's because of bird flu, which has led to the deaths of 136 million birds since 2022, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
While the price of eggs was consistently rising due to inflation under Biden's administration, the first significant price hike occurred in 2022, when bird flu began infecting flocks of birds in the U.S. Egg prices rose from $1.93 per dozen to $4.82 per dozen over the course of just that one year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The prices moderated again, back down to the $2-$3 range during the rest of Biden's presidency — but have shot back up to a record-high $4.95 this January, again due to bird flu.





