Eggs Prices and President
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. President Trump, during his tariff announcement last Wednesday, touted a drop in egg prices, crediting USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins.
The President struck a humorous note as he brought up eggs …
TRUMP … “The first week, I got blamed for eggs. I said, ‘I just got here.’ They said eggs have gone up, like 250 percent and you can’t get eggs, and they were going crazy. And I said, ‘I just got here.’”
But Trump says USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins got to work on the problem, issuing one billion dollars for biosecurity, vaccine research, and financial relief for farmers …
TRUMP … “Our great Secretary of Agriculture, you did a fantastic job. Brooke Rollins, you did a fantastic job, and (applause)…as I said before, the price of eggs dropped 59 percent, and they’re going down more, and the availability is fantastic.”
Bird flu outbreaks have slowed, and USDA reported late last month that wholesale egg prices fell to $3.27 per dozen as supplies rapidly improved.
Trump says Easter egg lovers could have been in trouble …
TRUMP … “They were saying, for Easter, please don’t use eggs. Could you please use plastic eggs? I said, ‘We don’t want to do that.’”
Wholesale prices for a dozen eggs peaked in February at more than $8. A dozen eggs at retail in August 2023 cost just $2.04.
