The Trump Administration is taking a close look at mass cullings in the poultry sector, and it comes as egg prices soar.
Nationwide, the average price per dozen hit more than $4 in December, and USDA predicts prices will rise another 20 percent this year, according to AP News.
During the first press briefing of this Administration, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters they are already looking at policy changes.
“We have also seen that the cost of everything, not just eggs – bacon, groceries, and gasoline – has increased because of the inflationary policies of the last administration. As far as the egg shortage, what’s also contributing to that is the Biden Administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass culling of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore, a lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage. I will leave you with this point: this is an example of why it’s so incredibly important that the Senate moves swiftly to confirm all of President Trump’s nominees, including his nominee for the United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who is already speaking with Kevin Hassett, who is leading the economic team here at the White House, on how we can address the egg shortage in this country.”
RFD-TV has asked USDA when Rollins might be confirmed by the full Senate, and they do not have a date for that.
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