RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The price of eggs is rising, in the Metropolitan Agri-Food Unit (UAM), where they are sold at wholesale level, the value of extra large eggs increased 19% and medium-sized by 14% in 10 days, according to data from the Farmers' Observatory.
This is mainly due to the death of laying hens during the last heat wave, but also to the fact that hens produce less in summer.
According to Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) Juan Ignacio Buffa, 400,000 laying hens died, representing 10% of the national stock. But he stressed that . . .
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