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.

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.

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.

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the new USDA secretary to take aggressive action on the bird flu that is wreaking havoc on farms across the country.

Brooke Rollins kicked off her tenure at USDA by cutting back department spending — and eliminating thousands of staff. — Rollins is also looking at “new tools” to combat avian influenza as ...

Senator from New Mexico makes the case for poultry vaccination to agriculture secretary nominee, who has yet to share an opinion for or against vaccines.

USDA said it's trying to rescind the firings this weekend of several employees who had worked on the bird flu.

Smith: Brooke Rollins was approved to be the 33 rd Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture by a Senate vote this week. Joe Gilson, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says AFBF congratulates Rollins on her confirmation.