I assume that most people know that one reason for the big jump in egg prices had been due to bird flu and chicken deaths. So naturally prices would come down as flocks fleshed out again. (Though Trump took credit.)
我假设大多数人知道，鸡蛋价格大幅跳涨的一个原因是禽流感导致鸡死亡。所以随着鸡群数量恢复，价格自然会下降。（尽管特朗普还抢了功劳。）
But now there's this oddity.
但现在出现了一个奇怪的现象。
Good News: Egg Prices Are Down.
好消息：鸡蛋价格下降了。
Bad News: They’re Hurting Farmers.
坏消息：养殖户在受苦。
An oversupply of hens has lowered wholesale egg prices. But consumers may not reap the full benefits because of producer contracts and higher costs.
hens 供过于求导致批发鸡蛋价格下跌。但由于生产合同和成本较高，消费者可能无法完全享受到这些好处。
By Julie Creswell
作者：朱莉·克雷斯韦尔
Last year, the phones were ringing off the hook at Stiebrs Farms, a family-owned egg producer at the foot of Mount Rainier in Yelm, Wash. Avian influenza, or bird flu, was sweeping across the country, slicing deeply into the nation’s egg-laying hen population. Egg prices surged to record highs of more than $8 a dozen, prices desperate buyers were willing to pay.
去年，位于华盛顿州耶尔姆、雷尼尔山脚下的斯提布尔斯农场（Stiebrs Farms，一家家族拥有的鸡蛋生产商）的电话被打爆了。禽流感横扫全国，严重削弱了国内的蛋鸡种群。鸡蛋价格飙升至创纪录的每打8美元以上，这是绝望的买家愿意支付的价格。
Since then, wholesale egg prices — prices paid by grocery stores and restaurants — have plunged 93 percent to below 60 cents a dozen. The phones have fallen silent at Stiebrs Farms.
自那以后，批发鸡蛋价格——即杂货店和餐厅的进货价——暴跌93%，降至每打不足60美分。斯蒂布尔斯农场的电话从此沉寂。
“This is a third-generation farm, and we’d love to see a fourth generation continue with it,” said Sara Stiebrs, who owns the 500,000-hen operation with her husband, Yany. “But how can you be sustainable when prices are below the cost of production?”
“这是我们家族的第三代农场，我们非常希望能有第四代继续经营下去，”与丈夫扬尼共同拥有这50万只蛋鸡规模农场的萨拉·斯蒂布尔斯说，“但当价格低于生产成本时，你怎么能维持可持续经营呢？”
Last year’s quandary of not enough eggs has reversed. Egg producers, either hedging against potential losses from another bird flu outbreak or trying to cash in when prices were sky high, added production capacity, significantly increasing the nation’s supply...
去年的鸡蛋短缺困境已彻底逆转。为了对冲另一波禽流感疫情可能带来的损失，或是趁价格高企时捞一笔，鸡蛋生产商增加了产能，大幅提升了全国的鸡蛋供应……
“Last year, you saw diners and restaurants increase prices on menus or add surcharges for eggs,” Mr. Moscogiuri said. “I’m not sure those prices have been pulled back.”...
“去年，你们看到小餐馆和餐厅在菜单上提高鸡蛋价格或加收附加费，”莫斯科吉里先生说，“我不确定这些价格上涨是否已经回调。”……
Other producers said they feared that another wave of consolidation could hit the industry. The five largest producers control roughly half of the U.S. egg market.
其他生产商表示，他们担心行业可能迎来又一轮整合。五大生产商控制了美国鸡蛋市场约一半的份额。
Many of those producers are under investigation by the Justice Department over possible antitrust violations. Investigators have spent the better part of the past year examining whether the companies shared sensitive information about pricing and supply that contributed to the spike in prices.
许多这些生产商正因涉嫌违反反垄断法而受到司法部的调查。在过去一年里，调查人员花了大量时间审查这些公司是否共享了有关定价和供应的敏感信息，从而助长了价格飙升。
For the whole article:
关于整篇文章：
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/business/egg-prices-down.html