Rollins served in the final year of Trump’s first term as acting director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council.

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.

President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Texas Public Policy Foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Rollins talked about Texas leading the way for the country and the first 30 days of the Trump presidency.

Brooke Rollins was confirmed as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit exports.

Rollins, who served as chief for domestic policy during Trump's first administration, was confirmed overwhelmingly by the Senate in a 72-28 vote. Rollins will now lead a department tasked with overseeing nearly all aspects of the nation's food system,

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.

Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins laid out a five-prong approach to bring down record-high egg prices, including plans to import eggs from other countries.

USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins shares the Trump administration's new strategy to fight bird flu as egg prices remain high.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and former White House policy advisor who has expressed doubt about climate change, to lead the U.

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed former White House official Brooke Rollins to helm President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday

President Donald Trump said Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins will be doing “something” about rising egg prices throughout the U.S. “She’s going to do something with the eggs,” Trump said. “We inherited all the problems.

Iowa Republican politicians and other state agriculture leaders have praised the confirmation of Brooke Rollins, an attorney and close ally of President Donald Trump, to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.