Egg Prices Plunge After Trump-Era Strategy
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins credited President Trump’s new term and aggressive USDA reforms for a nearly 60% drop in wholesale egg prices, noting the retail cost will likely follow soon. “We rolled out a big, bold plan... biosecurity, deregulation, repopulation, and importing eggs from other countries,” Rollins told Fox Business. While warning that Easter demand may cause a short-term price bump, she remained optimistic about the trajectory: “Hopefully this is the long-term trajectory as this president works to bring the prices down for all Americans.”
Rollins Takes Aim at “Woke” USDA Spending
In a pointed segment, Rollins slammed spending under the Biden administration, highlighting examples of what she called “corrupt rot” across USDA programs: “We have already canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts, and there are absolutely more coming every single day,” Rollins said.
Examples she cited include:
- $300,000 for “food justice” education for queer and transgender farmers in San Francisco.
- $600,000 in Louisiana to study menstrual cycles of transgender men.
- A USDA seed packet labeled with “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility”.
“It’s around every corner… insane things that literally make no sense,” Rollins stressed.
Defending Food Aid Cuts – and Launching New Ones
Rollins addressed criticism from Senate Democrats about ending a $2 billion Covid-era food purchasing program, saying it was overdue for termination: “We only canceled the back half... the states couldn’t even spend the money quickly enough.” Instead, she pointed to a newly launched $200 million food bank program focused on locally sourced, nutritious foods: “We are repurposing those funds where it really matters and where they will make a difference now,” Rollins concluded.