Egg sector likely to see second best year

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WHOLESALE shell egg prices have been much stronger than anticipated during the first quarter of 2018 as a result of retailers returning to everyday low-price schemes at lower price points as well as aggressive featuring early on that used eggs as a loss leader, according to Brian Earnest, commodity analyst for Informa Economics IEG.Additionally, global demand for U.S. eggs and egg products has improved due to ongoing hampered production associated with avian influenza and Europe's Fipronil egg contamination scandal. Institutional and consumer demand for egg products is back on therise as well, he noted.