The USDA's Daily National Shell Egg Index Report said: "National FOB shell egg weighted average prices are mostly sharply lower. The undertone is sharply l

"One egg company which produces one in every five eggs eaten in the U.S. has seen profits soar to record heights and is issuing exponentially higher shareholder dividends than it did before the outbreak and egg price increases,

The US and Denmark may be at odds over Greenland, but when it comes to solving its egg shortage, Washington is looking to Copenhagen for help.

The reported request came amid tensions between Washington and Copenhagen over U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to take Greenland.

Egg prices continue to run high as poultry stocks continue to be hit with bird flu, but there may be some reprieve despite some social media posts from the president.

Egg prices fell $1.20 in March, according to the USDA, but the market remains unpredictable. With no cure for avian flu, the government orders entire flocks to be put down to contain outbreaks. Over 35 million birds have been lost this year,

European Union wholesale egg prices have climbed to the highest level in more than a decade as bird flu outbreaks continue to roil the industry across the world.