• Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a five-point plan to lower egg prices by stopping the spread of avian flu. The $1 billion program will be funded by DOGE savings and includes $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million in financial relief for affected farmers, research on vaccines, reducing regulations and importing more eggs.
• The USDA will audit farms and cover up to 75% of the cost to fix biosecurity vulnerabilities.
• Egg prices have increased 157% since January 2021, with the average price per dozen rising from $1.92 to $4.95.

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins released a five-point plan to lower egg prices that largely seeks to stop the spread of the highly contagious avian flu. The program will cost up to $1 billion and, according to Rollins, will be paid for with savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

What does the five-point plan consist of?

The Trump administration’s plan to lower egg prices includes:

• $500 million for biosecurity measures at farms.
• $400 million in financial relief for farmers whose flocks are affected.
• Research on vaccines and therapeutics.
• Reducing regulations for commercial farmers and making it easier for families to raise their own.
• Importing more eggs that meet US standards.

Since 2022, approximately 166 million birds have been affected.

“Mostly it comes from wild fowl that fly over or get into the barns. So USDA will be producing at no charge an audit to every single farmer in this country and then we will help them secure their barns,” Rollins told reporters.

The USDA will pay up to 75% of the cost to fix biosecurity vulnerabilities at barns. The department started a pilot program in 2023 and helped lock down 150 barns. Only one of them has had a flu case since.

“We’re gonna work to move much more quickly on repopulating the 160 million birds that have been culled in just the last few months,” Rollins said. “So what do we need to do to get regulations out of the way to indemnify these poultry producers to start repopulating much more quickly than we’ve been doing.”

Egg prices have increased 157% since January 2021, when the average price per dozen was $1.92, compared to $4.95 a dozen in January 2025. The Agriculture Department predicts egg prices will increase by another 41% in 2025.