Several US Department of Agriculture employees tackling the bird flu outbreak were accidentally fired over the weekend, an action the agency is trying to correct.

The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.

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.

After briefly suspending its 1890 National Scholars Program last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened it and is accepting applications for student participation through March 15.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced an investment of up to one billion dollars and a five-pronged strategy to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (IPAI) throughout the country.

The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are going to get much worse this year.

The USDA secretary laid out a $1 billion plan to lower egg prices by tackling the H5N1 bird flu epidemic infecting poultry nationwide.

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.

The USDA is exploring an increase in egg imports as part of a $1 billion plan to combat bird flu and high egg prices.

On Jan. 31, the Iowa Department of Education announced it was seeking sponsors for its 2025 summer meal and snack sites as a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program, or SFSP.