Agriculture secretary outlines plan to lower egg prices
USDA Secretary Brook Rollins outlined “five extended strategies” to reduce egg costs on Wednesday Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Avian influenza is cited as a factor in the price rise. “The Agriculture Bureau will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again. We are working with the government's Efficiency Bureau […]
US citizen killed by IED near US-Mexico border, says Texas agriculture commissioner
Texas Agricultural Committee Sidmiller published statement On Tuesday, a US citizen, a rancher who worked on both sides of the southern border, was killed by an improvised explosive device suspected of being placed by the cartel. The incident occurred a few weeks ago in Tamaulipas, Mexico. US Department of State list Tamaulipas as a place […]
Agriculture Dept. announces millions in cuts including $230K for ‘Brazilian forest and gender consultant’
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins announced on Friday that nearly 80 contracts have ended, including Brazilian Forest and Gender Consultants and Central America's Gender Assessment Consultants. Rollins said the 78 active contracts under the Biden administration totaled more than $132 million, and more than 1,000 contracts are still under review due to potential termination. The findings […]
Senate Confirms Brooke Rollins As New Agriculture Secretary
Brooke Rollins, a candidate for President Donald Trump's agricultural secretary, is sworn at a confirmation hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2025. (Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) OAN Staff Sofia Flores12:30pm – Thursday, February 13th, 2025 The Senate voted overwhelmingly to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]
Trump’s Agriculture Sec Pick Secures Senate Confirmation With Ease
The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Donald Trump's Department of Agriculture (USDA) President Brooke Rollins on Thursday afternoon. The senator voted between 72 and 28 votes in favor of confirming USDA candidates. Rollins will become Trump's 16th cabinet candidate to secure confirmation, far surpassing the Biden administration's confirmation schedule. (Related: PAM Bondi vows to indict FBI […]
Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins confirmed by Senate
President Donald Trump secured two more cabinet confirmations on Thursday, including his pick, which leads Brook Rollins' Agriculture Department (USDA). Rollins was briefly confirmed by the Senate shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Health. Most recently, Rollins served as president and CEO of the American First Policy Institute (AFPI) […]
Trump agriculture secretary nominee, Brooke Rollins, clears key Senate hurdle for confirmation
Senate agriculture, nutrition, and forest committee members voted on Monday on Monday for Brook Rollins, a candidate for President Donald Trump. 。 Rollins was passed by the committee by unanimous voting. Rollins, who served as the assistant of the White House in Trump's first administration, and then served as the president and CEO of the […]
Trump's Agriculture Secretary pick Brooke Rollins faces Senators' questions
President Trump’s pick to become the next Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, appears before the Senate Agriculture … source
Exclusive — Nearly Two Dozen Agriculture Leaders Back Brooke Rollins
Breitbart News first learned that nearly 20 agriculture commissioners support Brooke Rollins for USDA secretary. “There is no mystery why President-elect Donald J. Trump won 433 of the nation's 444 agriculture-dependent counties with an average vote share of 77.7 percent,” the jointly submitted editorial, signed by several agriculture commissioners, said. It is written in part. […]
US agriculture primed to be next frontier in cybersecurity in new year, experts, lawmakers say
Cybersecurity has been a hot topic of discussion in recent years, with a purported Chinese spy balloon hovering overhead, a major oil pipeline in Appalachia hacked with ransomware, and a mystery flying over New Jersey. Questions have arisen regarding drones. But one area of focus that has been overlooked in this regard is agriculture, several […]