Egg Shortage In California 2024. Egg prices have now been steadily rising for months and your daily omelette could continue to become more expensive as poultry farms around the country deal with an outbreak. But in california egg production was 317 million in december 2022, 277 million in february 2023 and today is down to 170 million.
But in california egg production was 317 million in december 2022, 277 million in february 2023 and today is down to 170 million. A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc in california, which escaped the earlier wave of outbreaks that that devastated poultry farms in the midwest.