Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the USDA will unveil the department’s plans to address highly pathogenic avian influenza this week. She tells Brownfield it will be a multi-pronged approach.

Rollins has already held “several” briefings on avian influenza, one of the top issues she’ll have to handle as USDA chief.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hosted a roundtable with two dozen farmers last week to hear their perspectives on the best approaches to combat avian flu and ultimately reduce egg prices.

Pictured: Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins (left) interviews with Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner at a weekend event in Kentucky in February 2025. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration is prioritizing a long-term solution for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, urging the administration to explore all available mitigation and prevention options to address the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the USDA will unveil the department’s plans to address highly pathogenic avian influenza this week. She tells Brownfield it will be a multi-pronged approach.

Farmers from Pennsylvania and Delaware said they were impressed after a meeting with new Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins that focused on avian influenza and USDA funding.

Pictured: Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins (left) interviews with Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner at a weekend event in Kentucky in February 2025. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration is prioritizing a long-term solution for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Trump administration plans to make vaccines a central part of its strategy to control  bird flu, even as farm industry groups remain divided on whether that’s the best way to go.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy to fight the escalating outbreak.

The Trump administration is preparing a plan for combatting avian flu that will move away from depopulating infected flocks and rely instead on “biosecurity and medication,” says President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser.