Eggs 8.5 yuan/kg, increase of 16% in the latter period is still likely to rise

"The price of eggs has gone up, and now it's two yuan more expensive than last month's one kilogram." In Dongping vegetable market, Ms. Liu, a citizen, told reporters that more than half a month ago, she bought 6.8 yuan per kilogram of eggs, but now it costs 8.5 yuan per kilogram. Not only Ms. Liu, but also many citizens feel that since July, with the rising temperature, the price of eggs has risen along the way. Yesterday, the reporter visited Wal-Mart, Xia Shang Supermarket, Zhongmin Baihui and other major vegetable markets and found that the market price of eggs is 5.5 yuan/kg to 20 yuan/kg. There are many kinds of eggs, but they all rise a lot compared with last month. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the average wholesale price of eggs was 9.73 yuan/kg at 14pm yesterday, up more than 16% compared with 8.36 yuan/kg at the beginning of the month. Many netizens on the Internet have heated discussions about the change of eggs into "rocket eggs" in seconds. "The high temperature in summer now can be said to be the laying hen's"rest period". Many laying hens are reluctant to lay eggs. Compared with the normal temperature environment, the laying rate will decrease by 10% - 15%. Aquaculture greenhouse to use water circulation air conditioning cooling, will also lead to increased costs. Mr. Huang, an egg farmer in Tong'an, said that the high temperature would also affect the preservation of eggs, and the increase in the rate of bad eggs also increased the supply tension. The approaching Mid-Autumn Festival is also a major reason for the rise in egg prices. Mr. Lin, who is engaged in eggs wholesale business, said that with the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, many businesses need to stock up, and the tension between supply and demand of eggs has further increased. "Moon cakes require a lot of eggs as raw materials. Businessmen will start purchasing eggs one month in advance, so the demand for eggs is greatly increased." Mr. Lin also mentioned that August and September are the peak season for egg sales every year. Especially at the beginning of school, many schools will increase the quantity of eggs purchased. "At that time, the price of eggs may rise again." In addition, experts have analyzed that the "substitution effect" has also led to the rise of egg prices. According to the data of the National Bureau of statistics, the output of eggs increased by 3.6% over the first half of this year, the output of milk increased by 1.7%, and the output of pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry was 39 million 110 thousand tons, down by 2.1%. Previous data also showed that when pork production suffered significant setbacks, poultry eggs, milk and other production will appear "price-volume rise". "Aquatic, chicken and dairy products are relatively cheap and easy to replace pork. Eggs, poultry and aquatic products are better alternatives to pork than beef and mutton. Wei Xin, fresh food researcher in CITIC's Futures Agricultural Products Division, said.