grain producer and draught conditions in the u.s. have pushed wheat and corn prices up eggs by 5ny.th dup the p of last year the national average for a dozen large white eggs was $1.60. now it is up to $2.50. your morning breakfast price is going up all the way from the eggs but to the bacon and the toast and everything else. livestock economist david anderson said the worst avian flu outbreak in seven years has killed more than 20 million birds in 24 states and has chipped away at the egg supply and pushed prices up. it takes time to adjust to higher prices and higher costs. you don t just snap your fingers and get more production. higher fuel prices are also hammering miller. the cost to fill up his delivery truck almost doubled and he s dos everything he can to avoid raising his egg prices again. i had to do something or i m not going to be here.