eggs, USDA and bird flu

Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled
The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease the cost of eggs.
USDA looks at boosting egg imports in $1 billion plan to lower prices and combat bird flu
The USDA is exploring an increase in egg imports as part of a $1 billion plan to combat bird flu and high egg prices.
USDA details new plan to tackle bird flu and lower egg prices
In a new op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined a new strategy she says will mitigate the spread of bird flu and lower the price of eggs — a signature issue of the 2024 election.
USDA to invest $1B in 5-point strategy to combat bird flu, lower egg prices
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the federal government will spend up to $1billion to combat bird flu, and hopefully lower the rising price of eggs.
US will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.
Egg prices predicted to jump over 40% in 2025: USDA
Economists predict that egg prices will surge more than 40% in 2025 as outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza continue to hinder the U.S. egg supply.
New USDA Secretary says she's focused on reducing avian flu, lowering high egg prices
Less than two weeks on the job, the new Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is focused on the avian flu that has wiped out millions of chickens and raised the price of a dozen eggs to nearly $5. That's a 53% jump from one year ago.
Trump admin to deregulate egg industry to combat high prices, says USDA secretary
USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins shares the Trump administration's new strategy to fight bird flu as egg prices remain high.
Egg prices predicted to soar more than 41% in 2025: USDA
Egg prices are predicted to increase by 41.1% in 2025, according to a report released by the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.
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Ag Secretary Rollins announces USDA’s $1 billion HPAI plan
The US Secretary of Agriculture says the USDA plans to invest $1 billion to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza. Brooke ...
USDA makes profound announcement that could alter the future of our food system: 'We've got to build'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that more than $6 billion will be awarded to rural communities to back ...
Inside the USDA, staffers struggle with Trump’s funding freeze
One office in the Agriculture Department show how efforts to comply with Trump’s DEI order have halted some grant payments, ...
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USDA Layoffs Are Wasting Public Money and Decimating Popular Programs
This story was originally published by WIRED a nd is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Tik-Talking: Missouri farmers bond over discussions about USDA grant cuts
Believe it or not, there’s a thriving farming community on TikTok -- but very few members were prepared for the millions of ...
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USDA restricts PACA violators in CA, IL, and TX
USDA has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce under the PACA ...
USDA: Return or Discard Recalled Catfish Sold in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — C&T Produce Wholesale Inc., doing business as L&V Food Supply, is recalling 1,152 pounds of peppered ...
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Farmer Explains The Real Reasons Why Eggs Are So Expensive
Newman said the U.S. egg-laying chicken flock "usually hovers just under 400 million chickens," or around 382 million in 2023 according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As of ...