Egg shortage: why the avian influenza outbreak has left shoppers and farmers shell-shocked

The financial impact on egg farmers, who are still paying off costs for the last high pathogenicity bird flu outbreak in 2021, could be severeSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityThe avian influenza outbreaks in south-eastern Australia have caused some gaps on supermarket shelves and prompted temporary buying limits.To date, most outbreaks have been confined to egg farms. Only one meat farm has been affected and there a