The secretary said Trump had made the issue a priority “from minute one,” and that they would work to repopulate following the culling of millions of chickens exposed to the virus.
The Trump administration says they’ll spend up to $1 billion to lower skyrocketing egg prices as the virus continues to spread.
The president and administration officials have continuously pinned most of the blame for consumer woes and the U.S. response on the Biden administration, saying that they hadn’t taken the issue “seriously.”.
Now, experts are warning that egg prices will continue to go up - to the tune of a 40 percent jump in 2025.
More than 166 million chickens have been killed during the three-year outbreak, officials said.
