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A bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and turkeys and contributed to a spike in egg and meat prices appears to be waning.

The COVID-10 pandemic, war in Ukraine, rail workers strike in Canada, and higher gasoline costs are all contributing to the rise in prices.

U.S. farmers have reported seeing fertilizer prices rise as much as 300% over the last several months,

Bowery Farming Inc., a New York-based startup, is opening an indoor facility in Bethlehem next month where it will  be able to grow year-round inside a newly-retrofitted warehouse that once was a part of Bethlehem Steel.

“I can say that in my tenure working in agriculture that we haven’t seen this kind of inflation where almost everything is increased.”