César Lumbreras: Record price of the egg

The prices at origin of many livestock-derived products are currently at very high levels, in some cases historic, in the Spanish domestic market. On the one hand, this is the situation. On the other hand, farmers are very concerned about diseases affecting animals, such as avian flu, bluetongue (sheep and goats) or nodular dermatosis in the case of cattle, which adds to tuberculosis. In some cases, these pathologies have caused a reduction in the supply of certain goods, contributing to the rise in prices. The quotations are currently very high in the case of eggs, chicken, sheep, Iberian pork, and cattle for meat. But let's go step by step. Egg prices reached historic levels at origin last week following the increases recorded in sheep. Avian flu, which has forced the slaughter of millions of hens in the European Union member states, reducing supply, is one of the main factors contributing to this upward trend. Those countries have turned to Spain, where outbreaks of this ...