U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will pump $1 billion into fighting bird flu, the primary reason why consumers are struggling with egg prices that a new report projects will spike 41% this year.

The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports of eggs in an effort to drive down high prices, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.

Amid the continued spread of avian flu and high egg prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $1 billion plan to fight avian flu and lower egg prices. The new strategy comes two days after USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins visited East Texas to speak with nearly two dozen representatives of the agriculture industry.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rolls out a five-part plan Wednesday to fight bird flu and high egg prices.

USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins shares the Trump administration's new strategy to fight bird flu as egg prices remain high.

Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined a “five pronged strategy” to lower the cost of eggs in a Wednesday Wall Street Journal op-ed citing the avian flu as an

With an emphasis on tightening up biosecurity on farms, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA will invest another $1 billion on top of the roughly $2 billion it has already spent battling bird flu since the outbreak began in 2022. Officials had hinted at the plan earlier this month.

There’s a new plan to bring down the cost of key grocery items like eggs but there is some doubt about how quickly it’ll work.

The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it will spend $1 billion to tackle the bird flu in a campaign to address soaring egg prices that appears, in a departure for the administration, to acknowledge the importance of imports to keep prices down.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig applauded the USDA’s updated response to bird flu, emphasizing that poultry producers in the state have been hit hard by the H5N1 virus. Over 11 million chickens and turkeys in Iowa were killed by the virus or culled to prevent its spread last year.

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.