And then we had recurring outbreaks of it,” said Daniel Sumner, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of California, Davis.He added that eggs aren’t like steak or fancy wine, which people might cut back on if prices rise.“So if you look at free-range and cage-free … some of those producers are much smaller farms, so they’ve not been affected as much by bird flu,” said Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst and editor of the Supermarket Guru website.But Lempert added that those make up a tiny share of overall egg production — and tend to be even more expensive.We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible."