Agriculture Sec: We’re Going To Import More Eggs

The New York Times reports:

As the price of eggs reaches record highs, the federal government is looking into importing more eggs from other countries and increasing funding for efforts to combat the spread of avian flu, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.

The measures, announced by the department’s secretary, Brooke L. Rollins, in multiple news appearances, do not appear to deviate significantly from the Biden administration’s approach, and their effect remains to be seen.

Even as the department offered few details, Ms. Rollins said the United States was in talks with several countries to immediately secure egg imports as a short-term solution. The department will also provide up to $1 billion in additional funding, Ms. Rollins wrote.

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USDA Sec‘y: We‘re Starting to Import Eggs to Help Shortage, We‘ll Also Lift Regulations, Have a Plan Coming Out https://t.co/9xiWs2bj1c via @BreitbartNews

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