Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled
Source: Associated Press
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled
By JOSH FUNK and JOSH BOAK
Updated 2:19 PM EST, February 26, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
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.
It’s not clear how much more farmers can do to keep the virus out.
Egg and poultry farmers have already been working to protect their birds ever since the 2015 bird flu outbreak by taking measures like requiring workers to change clothes and shower before entering barns, using separate sets of tools and sanitizing any vehicles that enter farms. The challenge is that the virus is spread easily by wild birds as they migrate past farms.
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