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.

The price of eggs is expected to rise by 41.1% this year as the bird flu continues to rip through the nation's agricultural economy, the federal government projected in a new report. Why it matters: That's more than double the 20% increase predicted in January.

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.

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.

Egg prices are predicted to increase by 41.1% in 2025, according to a report released by the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.

President Trump's administration is taking a multi-prong approach to lowering the cost of eggs amid the bird flu.

Chickens in one of our poultry barns tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu. We immediately called our local U.S. Department of Agriculture office, but we already knew what was inevitable.

There is at least one winner in the current shortage, which began in 2022: the country’s biggest egg producer.