The Real Reason Eggs Cost Six Dollars

HigherIQ · Oct 12, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:41 — The Price of Every Egg Starts in One Place 01:40 — What the DOJ Found 03:15 — The Settlement That Tells the Story 04:34 — Wrap Up Sources: - Justice Department Requires Egg Producers to End Coordinated Benchmark Manipulation that Artificially Inflated Prices Across the Country: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation - Major egg producers settle price-fixing claims with US, 17 states: https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/30/egg-producers-settle-price-fixing-collusion-lawsuit - Egg Producers…