I am glad to see many provisions that I have called for outlined in this strategy, including fairer indemnity payments for our producers, increased biosecurity measures on our farms, and an aggressive, yet voluntary, vaccination strategy to prevent mass depopulation of chickens and turkeys. I thank Secretary Rollins for her rapid work and response to the bird flu outbreak and look forward to working with USDA and the Trump administration to bring egg prices down, stand with our producers, and prevent and mitigate the spread of foreign animal disease.”

April 2, 2025 - I am glad that many provisions that I called for were outlined in this strategy, including fairer indemnity payments for our producers, increased biosecurity measures on our farms, and an aggressive, yet voluntary, vaccination strategy to prevent mass depopulation of chickens and turkeys. I thank Secretary Rollins for her rapid work and response to the bird flu outbreak. She is truly a friend and ally of agriculture. As a member of the House Agriculture Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, I look forward to working with USDA and the Trump administration to bring egg prices down, stand with our producers, and prevent and mitigate the spread of foreign animal disease.

1 day ago - The plan included expanding several Biden-era programs, rolling back animal welfare laws, and restricting imports. One of the Biden-era programs that the Trump administration extended is called Wildlife Biosecurity Assessments.

March 20, 2025 - To truly reduce the impacts of bird flu, the administration must immediately act on these five priorities: ... First, vaccinating poultry is critical to preventing flock outbreaks and must be a cornerstone of the nation’s avian influenza ...

March 10, 2025 - As the Trump administration fires officials tasked with preventing the spread of bird flu and withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization, it's clear the USDA's priority is not protecting the public. It's protecting animal agriculture's bottom line and propping up the industry. "We are confident that our comprehensive strategy will help to stabilize the market in the next three to six months, if not sooner," said Rollins.

As the Secretary detailed in the Wall Street Journal, the five-pronged strategy includes an additional $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million in financial relief for affected farmers, and $100 million for vaccine research, action to reduce regulatory burdens, and exploring temporary import options. “The Biden administration did little to address the repeated outbreaks and high egg prices that followed. By contrast, the Trump administration is taking the issue seriously,” Secretary Rollins wrote.

March 29, 2025 - “Under President Trump’s leadership, we are cutting unnecessary red tape, empowering businesses to operate more efficiently, and strengthening American agriculture –all while upholding the highest food safety standards.” Under the new policy, FSIS will extend waivers allowing pork and ...

February 17, 2025 - 7, 2025. A top Trump economic adviser said the Biden administration’s plan to deal with the bird flu outbreaks was to ‘just kill chickens’ (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

March 10, 2025 - Three years into the epidemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 170 million farmed birds and caused 70 known human infections nationwide, Trump's newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has revealed a $1 billion strategy for the U.S.

(Washington, D.C., March 20, 2025) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins hosted a stakeholder update today to provide the first progress report on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) five-pronged strategy to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and lower egg prices. Less than a month after the plan’s rollout, USDA reports significant advancements across all five areas. “Egg prices are falling, farmers are getting the relief they need, and we are seeing meaningful progress in the fight against avian flu,” said Secretary Rollins.

February 19, 2025 - MINNEAPOLIS — With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.

February 21, 2025 - The Trump administration will shift the nation’s tactics of battling highly pathogenic avian influenza to focus on “medications” and enhanced biosecurity instead of depopulating flocks. Kevin Hassett, director of the […]

April 7, 2025 - A look at the Trump administration’s response to the bird flu crisis in the US, its economic impact, and the concerns over how federal cuts may hinder effective management and communication.

February 27, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday an additional $1 billion to help the nation’s poultry industry combat an accelerating outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza, which has devastated farmers and driven the price of eggs to record highs. The infusion is part of a new strategy under the Trump administration that aims to boost financial relief to farmers whose flocks have been affected by the bird flu and aid in increasing biosecurity measures to prevent the spread from wild birds to domestic poultry operations.

February 18, 2025 - Spearheaded by National Economic ... Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks....

March 28, 2025 - As egg prices continue to skyrocket in the early months of the second Trump administration, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins has pledged that her $1 billion dollar plan will “combat avian flu and reduce egg prices.” We’re not so sure it will. Fundamentally, the Trump admin is trying to treat one symptom of the bird flu outbreak (expensive eggs) while further cementing the system that breeds the disease — industrial factory farming.

February 19, 2025 - With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.

April 28, 2025 - Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans