{"id":2414290,"date":"2025-03-21T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-imports-hundreds-of-millions-of-eggs-as-prices-drop-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:20:01","slug":"trump-administration-imports-hundreds-of-millions-of-eggs-as-prices-drop-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-imports-hundreds-of-millions-of-eggs-as-prices-drop-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration imports hundreds of millions of eggs as prices drop &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-imports-hundreds-of-millions-of-eggs-as-prices-drop-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration imports hundreds of millions of eggs as prices drop significantly<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump administration\">Trump administration<\/a> is importing hundreds of millions of eggs to help lower consumer prices and is expanding efforts to source eggs from more countries. Egg prices have already dropped more than 50% in the last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Agriculture Secretary\">Agriculture Secretary<\/a> Brooke Rollins told reporters at the White House on Friday that the United States has been importing a deluge of eggs from South Korea and Turkey, with other countries expected to add to the total.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\">List: The executive orders, actions, and proclamations Trump has made as president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3355568\/sba-cut-staff-43-percent-education-department-student-loan\/\">SBA to cut staff by 43% despite plan to absorb Education Department responsibilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3335548\/manufacturers-invest-billions-dollars-united-states-trump-tariffs\/\">Manufacturers pledge to invest billions of dollars in US ahead of Trump tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Right now, we&rsquo;ve got Turkey and South Korea importing eggs. Just yesterday, I talked to a couple of other countries that will soon begin importing. We haven&rsquo;t signed that deal yet, so I don&rsquo;t want to say who it is,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rollins added that the imports are a temporary measure to keep prices down while the U.S. works on repopulating its chicken population.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are talking in the hundreds of millions of eggs for the short term. So not insignificant, but significant enough to help continue to bring the prices down for right now,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And then when our chicken populations are repopulated, and we&rsquo;ve got a full egg-laying industry going again, hopefully in a couple of months, we then shift back to our internal egg-layers and moving those eggs out onto the shelf.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Egg prices were a key issue in the 2024 presidential campaign and became one of the most visible signs of inflation. From January 2021 to January 2025, egg prices rose 237%, from $1.47 to $4.95 per dozen. An avian flu outbreak largely drove this increase. U.S. Department of Agriculture procedures call for the mass culling of flocks of infected chickens to prevent the spread. The Biden administration culled more than 100 million chickens, which disrupted the egg supply.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump made lowering egg prices a key campaign promise as part of his broader pledge to cut inflation. The persistence of high egg prices after his inauguration drew criticism from many Democratic figures, who sought to turn it into a rallying cry.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3343515\/brooke-rollins-egg-prices-plunge-lower-than-when-trump-took-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"EGG PRICES PLUNGE NEARLY $2, NOW LOWER THAN WHEN TRUMP TOOK OFFICE\">EGG PRICES PLUNGE NEARLY $2, NOW LOWER THAN WHEN TRUMP TOOK OFFICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rollins unveiled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-my-plan-to-lower-egg-prices-6be0f881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$1 billion plan to cut egg prices on Feb. 26\">billion-dollar plan to cut egg prices on Feb. 26<\/a>, which included compensating farmers and developing vaccines. One pillar of her plan was the mass importation of eggs until chicken populations are restored.<\/p>\n<p>Wholesale egg prices have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/us-egg-supplies-normalizing-prices-to-follow-2025-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"plunged over the past month\">plunged over the past month<\/a>, reaching just $3.27 as of March 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035458\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035458\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump administration imports hundreds of millions of eggs as prices drop significantly The Trump administration is importing hundreds of millions of eggs to help lower consumer prices and is expanding efforts to source eggs from more countries. 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