The humble egg is now a source of frustration for millions of shoppers around the U.S, who face soaring prices and shortages. What's going on?

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

Egg prices are already high, but officials say they are only going to go up more in 2025. Here's how much you could pay and why they are so expensive.

The price of eggs is expected to rise throughout 2025 due to the bird flu outbreak that killed 17.2 million egg-laying hens in November and December.

New White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt urged members of Congress to confirm Trump's nominees to address problems like the U.S. egg shortage and the cost of living crisis.

These are not “egg”-citing times for grocery store shoppers, as egg prices continue rising. The Consumer Price Index finds prices up 36.8% from this time last year. “$5.79,” said members of the Ndi family when asked what they paid for a dozen eggs at the Safeway in Anacostia.

According to the Consumer Price Index, egg prices have skyrocketed in recent months, with some consumers paying more than double for a dozen eggs — no thanks to the bird flu outbreak. And newly implemented cage-free laws,

The cost of eggs has seen a mere 37% increase in just one year and it's expected to increase even more as the year goes on.

You can expect a carton of eggs to continue to cost you more. A price outlook from the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, estimates egg prices will increase about 20% this year. That is compared to about 2.

Many of us have noticed the egg prices on the grocery receipts looking higher than usual and it doesn't look like it'll go down any time soon.

Egg prices have more than doubled over the last two years as a dangerous strain of bird flu has swept across the country.

The price of eggs is continuing to go up amid the national egg shortage, and Nevada is being hit harder by price increases than other states.