During the campaign, President Donald Trump pledged to bring grocery and egg prices on “day one.” Now, his top agriculture rep says there is no “silver bullet” to eradicate the disease killing chickens and leading to the spike.
“This five-point strategy won’t erase the problem overnight, but we’re confident that it will restore stability to the egg market over the next three to six months. This approach will also ensure stability over the next four years and beyond,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.