Rollins, a close Trump ally, will lead the department as mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA will invest another $1 billion on top of the roughly $2 billion it has already spent battling bird flu since the outbreak began in 2022.

Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday with broad bipartisan backing to be President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture secretary. The GOP-controlled chamber voted 72-28 in favor of the appointment.

The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease the cost of eggs.

Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins laid out a five-prong approach to bring down record-high egg prices, including plans to import eggs from other countries.

President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Texas Public Policy Foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Rollins talked about Texas leading the way for the country and the first 30 days of the Trump presidency.

Brooke Rollins is confirmed as Trump's secretary of agriculture, taking a key post amid growing fights over tariffs.

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed former White House official Brooke Rollins to helm President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday

Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and former White House policy advisor who has expressed doubt about climate change, to lead the U.

The Senate will vote Wednesday to confirm President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Agriculture Secretary pick, Brooke Rollins.