US to import eggs from Turkey and South Korea to ease prices

A bird flu epidemic has caused egg prices to soar, and projections show they could rise by 41 percent this year.

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"We are talking in the hundreds of millions of eggs for the short term," Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters at the White House.

It follows the administration's announcement of a $1bn (£792m) plan to combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has forced US farmers to cull tens of millions of chickens.

Despite President Trump's campaign promise to reduce prices, the cost of eggs has surged more than 65% over the past year, and it is projected to rise by 41% in 2025.

Rollins said her department was also in talks with other countries to secure new supplies, but did not specify which regions.

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