# Ohio Is Hit Hardest as Bird Flu Returns to the Midwest

> Avian influenza has returned to commercial poultry farms in Minnesota and Ohio since September 1, after a summer lull. About 43.85 million birds have been culled this year. CoBank analysis expects egg and turkey prices to stay elevated for some time because of high labor and feed costs.

- Date: 2022-09-12 · published 2022-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39621-ohio-is-hit-hardest-as-bird-flu-returns-to-the-midwest
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed outbreaks in the Midwest, the core of US egg and turkey production, extend supply losses and keep prices high. Slower supply recovery means feed demand from these layer and turkey flocks remains depressed in the near term.

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/ohio-is-hit-hardest-as-bird-flu-returns-to-the-midwest

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