Egg, USDA and bird flu

Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan is unveiled
The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices 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 costs.
USDA details new plan to tackle bird flu and lower egg prices
Soaring egg prices have consumers boiling, and on Wednesday, the United States Department of Agriculture blamed rising costs on the bird flu epidemic and said it will take new steps to quell the outbreak.
Egg prices to surge 41% in 2025, USDA says
Egg prices are expected to continue surging in 2025, ending the year 41.1% higher than at the end of 2024. The American pro wasn't a Swiftie when they met, but he sure is now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
USDA secretary lays out plan for tackling bird flu to lower egg prices
The USDA secretary laid out a $1 billion plan to lower egg prices by tackling the H5N1 bird flu epidemic infecting poultry nationwide.
$1 billion plan to combat avian flu & lower egg prices announced by USDA Secretary after Texas visit
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.
USDA lays out plan to address egg prices and bird flu, which impacted millions of Iowa chickens last year
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.
USDA forecasts egg prices to surge 41% in 2025 amid avian flu outbreak
Egg prices in the U.S. are projected to rise 41.1% by the end of 2025 due to an avian flu outbreak, with 53% increases reported over the past year.
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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 ...
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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.
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USDA Has Begun Canceling Contracts Based on Trump’s DEI Order
On February 14, USDA sent official cancellation letters to many non-profits with contracts within multiple programs.
Farmers sue USDA after agency deletes climate change data
The lawsuit says the Agriculture Department is hindering farmers from using the data to make “agricultural decisions” while ...