Ohio leads the nation in recent bird flu cases among commercial poultry operations, with more than 4.1 million chickens and turkeys affected so far this year.

Bird flu has been detected in another commercial flock in western Ohio. The USDA confirmed that 1.4 million egg-laying chickens in Mercer County are affected by the virus. This comes weeks after avian influenza was detected in a large flock in nearby Darke County.

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

The USDA said the combination of bird flu and inflation might drive up egg prices by another 20% this year. Egg price check. At Kuhns Market on the North Side, one of the first th

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While U.S. residents have gotten used to high prices at the grocery store, the cost of eggs is expected to rise even further this year.

Bird flu outbreaks are raising egg prices in Connecticut and across the U.S. as the H5N1 virus impacts poultry supply.

As bird flu cases continue to rise in the U.S., heavily impacting egg-laying flocks, so have the prices on cartons of fresh eggs due to dwindling supply. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has predicted egg prices could rise up to 20% this year due to egg shortages resulting from the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza,

Avian influenza has plagued U.S.-based egg-laying farms since 2022, particularly during the winter. Kournikova, who stays mostly out of the spotlight, has been with singer Enrique Iglesias since 2001.