Rollins says price drop for eggs is ‘coming’

Agriculture Secretary 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 dozen, despite the Trump administration’s expressions of optimism that prices would be dropping under President Trump’s leadership.

“When the President was sworn in, the price of eggs had increased 237 percent under the last administration,” Rollins said.

“When you look at the wholesale cost of eggs, which drives the retail cost, the retail will follow soon, the actual wholesale cost of eggs is down 58 percent in the last six weeks,” she later said.

In parts of the country, prices have seen a “significant” drop in retail cost, she said.

“Some parts of the country, it has not followed yet, but it’s coming,” Rollins added.

The president has repeatedly noted that when he took office in January, egg prices were “through the roof.” He’s claimed that now, prices are down.

As Rollins noted on CNN, the Agriculture Department has said wholesale prices of eggs dropped in March, but consumer prices have not entirely followed.

Prices rose this year as outbreaks of bird flu forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to stop the virus from spreading.

In February, Rollins outlined a “five pronged strategy” to lower egg prices, partially by repurposing some of the department’s funds to find a long-term solution to bird flu.

In late March, Rollins said the administration was importing millions of eggs from Turkey and South Korea to help drive down costs in the U.S.