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Cartons of eggs in a field surrounded by chickens.

"I reckon the egg market will be tight up until at least spring 2028,"
he said.

a man is standing in a field with chooks

Egg supermarket shelves empty

"We were already setting the stage for a shortage of eggs anyway, given how demand was growing and supply, to a degree, was contracting."
Runny paoched eggs on toast with tomato.

A man sitting outside with a dog

"Next week they'll go from $10–12 a dozen to $11–13 a dozen, and looking at the way everything is going there will probably be a similar price rise in June."
A chicken in the paddock

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