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The Hill reports: USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins said a price drop for eggs has already hit some parts of the country, but for others, it is “coming” soon. Rollins joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where she highlighted a major economic indicator: the price of eggs. Egg prices rose to a record high in March at $6.23 per …

From the potato marketing group Potatoes USA: Why put all your eggs in one basket? With food prices rising, families are embracing a playful, budget-friendly tradition— Easter potatoes! Potatoes USA is celebrating the growing Easter trend by painting, crafting, and cooking potatoes, proving that creativity and tradition go hand in hand. Durable, versatile, and already a pantry staple, potatoes make …

The Associated Press reports: U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks. The increase reported Thursday in the Consumer Price Index means consumers and businesses that rely on eggs should not anticipate immediate relief. …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary claimed Tuesday Americans are feeling another surge in egg prices because we are in “Easter season.” “This is always the highest price for eggs,” she said. “We expect [costs] to perhaps inch back up.” Trump’s tariffs are reportedly adding to the spike in prices, but the No. 1 factor driving egg prices …

From Charlie Kirk’s Daily Caller op-ed: Democrats are positively giddy about the price of eggs. A dozen currently costs around $7, up from just $2 in October. For liberals who resent President Trump’s overwhelming electoral mandate, that’s sufficient proof that these backward, “extreme” MAGA Republicans didn’t know what they were voting for. First, the high price of eggs is in …

ABC News reports: The Justice Department is in the early stages of investigating the major egg producers over soaring egg prices, source familiar with the matter told ABC News. Department investigators are looking into whether the major egg companies are sharing information about supply and pricing, possibly contributing to price increases, the sources said. Egg producers, including the industry’s trade …

Politico reports: The Trump administration touted a nearly $1 billion plan Wednesday to combat the spread of avian flu and mitigate skyrocketing egg prices as the outbreak rips through poultry flocks. But the measures come as the Agriculture Department is struggling to rehire key employees working on the virus outbreak. The dismissals have already helped trigger a shutdown at research …

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 …

CNN Business reports: Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the United States, reported revenue doubled and profit surged 718% last quarter because of sharply higher egg prices. The company, which controls about 20% of the US egg market according to Reuters, said its average selling price for a dozen eggs in the quarter ending February 25 was $3.30, more …

Reuters reports: Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem. Reuters spoke to more than 20 experts and farmers on four continents who said the prevalence of the …