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.

Brooke Rollins said she believes USDA will have the staff it needs to respond to bird flu even after all the cuts to the federal workforce at the direction of DOGE.

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.

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.

With an emphasis on farms tightening their measures to prevent bird flu's spread, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA will invest another $1 billion on top of the roughly $2 billion it has already spent since the outbreak began in 2022.

Dr. Peter McCullough, chief scientific officer at The Wellness Company, says Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins $1 billion plan to lower egg prices is forthright and detailed. He adds that he’s glad Rollins sounded the alarm on mallard ducks spreading bird flu from farm to farm.

USDA is working to get more eggs into the supply chain in the short-term, but U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says a team is focused on coming up with a long-term strategy to combat avian flu.

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said farmer payments impacted by Donald Trump’s spending freeze will be honored.

With an emphasis on tightening up biosecurity on farms, 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.