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placement pullets for the past four years. Also the average hen is older now and laying fewer eggs.
For that reason, Ruszler tends to minimize the recent outbreak of avian flu as a cause for the price increase. The persistence of the disease may contribute considerably to previous price levels, Ruszler said, but the financial spiral was set into effect as far back as 1979; when Virginia producers started selling fewer eggs.
Avian Prices
Meanwhile, extension poultry experts say chicken prices could go up if the avian flu quarantines are lengthy, but so tar no effect has been noted.
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