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18-07-2025
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This year's Ohio State Fair deviled egg flavor is…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It's one of the most anticipated culinary events in central Ohio. On Tuesday, the Ohio Poultry Association revealed chocolate chip cookie dough is the featured deviled egg flavor for this year's Ohio State Fair. The poultry association said it's an appetizer and dessert all in one, a blend of indulgence and nostalgia, and it's like sneaking a taste straight from the mixing bowl. Five additional deviled egg flavors will also debut at this year's fair, which is just two weeks away. Those new flavors are: Hot honey everything Sriracha peach Columbus pizza Spicy crunchy featuring a flaming hot filling and corn chips Cranberry feta The eggs will be on sale during the fair at the Taste of Ohio Pavilion and Beer Garden. The fair runs from July 23-Aug. 3 at the Ohio Expo Center. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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07-03-2025
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Gov. DeWine seeking more federal support for Ohio flocks reeling from bird flu
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives the State of the State Address. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has promised to push federal officials to provide greater support to farmers affected by bird flu. The governor spoke alongside state Agriculture Director Brian Baldridge Thursday as well as the state veterinarian and poultry industry representatives. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, commonly known as bird flu, has been spreading throughout the country since the beginning of 2022, but a recent a recent spike has hit Ohio farmers particularly hard. According to the latest USDA data, Ohio has culled nearly 14.5 million birds since the beginning of this year alone. That's more than double any other state over that timeframe. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX 'And to put it in perspective,' Baldridge said, 'as far as the layer facilities, about over 30% of our layer birds here in Ohio have been depopulated. Those are the ones that are laying the eggs each and every day.' He noted that one facility raising ducks and a few raising turkeys have been impacted as well. DeWine explained that once farmers detect a case there's little they can do besides cull the flock. 'The doctor tells me the fatality rate is very, very, very high, right?' he said, looking to State Veterinarian Dennis Summers. 'You could be as high as 90, 95, even 100%, so those birds are going to basically die anyway. The point, the point is you're trying to either slow this thing down or, obviously the main goal is to stop it.' To that end, Summers noted, 'One thing that we definitely want to make sure that we're keeping an eye on is an effective way to use a vaccination strategy for poultry for HPAI. So that's one thing that we're going to be continuing to watch, and hopefully we have that as a tool in the toolbox here for Ohio.' USDA offering $1 billion for poultry farmers as Ohio continues to struggle with bird flu Jim Chakeres, who heads up the Ohio Poultry Association, has made the same point with state lawmakers, but the idea of vaccinating flocks faces competing interests within the industry. Farmers who focus on meat production — known as broilers — could see their export business dry up following vaccination because buyers in other countries worry birds coming in could carry the virus and infect their domestic flocks. In a recently announced $1 billion response effort, USDA officials earmarked $100 million to research vaccines or other treatment, and the agency has awarded a conditional license to develop a bird flu vaccine. Despite that funding though, a vaccination program would be a significant step. The agency has stockpiled vaccines in the past without actually using them. The governor said he would be an advocate for the state and its farmers but 'one of the things that is clear, is the federal government is really going to have to accelerate the research that is being done in regard to bird flu.' The potential impacts extend beyond hot spots like poultry farms in Western Ohio, DeWine said — not explicitly referencing the risk of human infection but noting 'obviously bigger ramifications in regard to bird flu.' Ohio health officials report first human case of avian flu Ohio reported its first case of human infection last month — one of 70 tallied so far. Although one person in the U.S. has died, there has been no indication of the virus spreading from person to person. DeWine said he'd convey the message to speed up research when he speaks to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Friday. The governor added that he'd push for the secretary to extend the extra financial support she announced recently to farmers who have already been impacted. 'One of the things that the federal government has done is up the amount of compensation,' DeWine said. 'One of the things I'll take up with the secretary is to see whether or not that could be backdated, basically retroactive, because some of these farmers' (losses) obviously occurred before the date when it went into effect.' But even with greater support, Chakeres warned that egg prices wouldn't come down right away. 'Our farmers are working every day to get those barns cleaned and disinfected so they can repopulate and start producing eggs again,' he said. 'That takes time. It takes that chick 21 days to hatch. It takes 18 weeks before that hen is going to start laying eggs again. So it just takes time to repopulate the facilities.' Follow Ohio Capital Journal Reporter Nick Evans on X or on Bluesky. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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07-03-2025
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Gov. DeWine seeking more federal support for Ohio flocks reeling from bird flu
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives the State of the State Address. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has promised to push federal officials to provide greater support to farmers affected by bird flu. The governor spoke alongside state Agriculture Director Brian Baldridge Thursday as well as the state veterinarian and poultry industry representatives. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, commonly known as bird flu, has been spreading throughout the country since the beginning of 2022, but a recent a recent spike has hit Ohio farmers particularly hard. According to the latest USDA data, Ohio has culled nearly 14.5 million birds since the beginning of this year alone. That's more than double any other state over that timeframe. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX 'And to put it in perspective,' Baldridge said, 'as far as the layer facilities, about over 30% of our layer birds here in Ohio have been depopulated. Those are the ones that are laying the eggs each and every day.' He noted that one facility raising ducks and a few raising turkeys have been impacted as well. DeWine explained that once farmers detect a case there's little they can do besides cull the flock. 'The doctor tells me the fatality rate is very, very, very high, right?' he said, looking to State Veterinarian Dennis Summers. 'You could be as high as 90, 95, even 100%, so those birds are going to basically die anyway. The point, the point is you're trying to either slow this thing down or, obviously the main goal is to stop it.' To that end, Summers noted, 'One thing that we definitely want to make sure that we're keeping an eye on is an effective way to use a vaccination strategy for poultry for HPAI. So that's one thing that we're going to be continuing to watch, and hopefully we have that as a tool in the toolbox here for Ohio.' USDA offering $1 billion for poultry farmers as Ohio continues to struggle with bird flu Jim Chakeres, who heads up the Ohio Poultry Association, has made the same point with state lawmakers, but the idea of vaccinating flocks faces competing interests within the industry. Farmers who focus on meat production — known as broilers — could see their export business dry up following vaccination because buyers in other countries worry birds coming in could carry the virus and infect their domestic flocks. In a recently announced $1 billion response effort, USDA officials earmarked $100 million to research vaccines or other treatment, and the agency has awarded a conditional license to develop a bird flu vaccine. Despite that funding though, a vaccination program would be a significant step. The agency has stockpiled vaccines in the past without actually using them. The governor said he would be an advocate for the state and its farmers but 'one of the things that is clear, is the federal government is really going to have to accelerate the research that is being done in regard to bird flu.' The potential impacts extend beyond hot spots like poultry farms in Western Ohio, DeWine said — not explicitly referencing the risk of human infection but noting 'obviously bigger ramifications in regard to bird flu.' Ohio health officials report first human case of avian flu Ohio reported its first case of human infection last month — one of 70 tallied so far. Although one person in the U.S. has died, there has been no indication of the virus spreading from person to person. DeWine said he'd convey the message to speed up research when he speaks to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Friday. The governor added that he'd push for the secretary to extend the extra financial support she announced recently to farmers who have already been impacted. 'One of the things that the federal government has done is up the amount of compensation,' DeWine said. 'One of the things I'll take up with the secretary is to see whether or not that could be backdated, basically retroactive, because some of these farmers' (losses) obviously occurred before the date when it went into effect.' But even with greater support, Chakeres warned that egg prices wouldn't come down right away. 'Our farmers are working every day to get those barns cleaned and disinfected so they can repopulate and start producing eggs again,' he said. 'That takes time. It takes that chick 21 days to hatch. It takes 18 weeks before that hen is going to start laying eggs again. So it just takes time to repopulate the facilities.' Follow Ohio Capital Journal Reporter Nick Evans on X or on Bluesky. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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06-03-2025
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DeWine addresses bird flu cases across Ohio, says feds will have to help
More than 15 million birds have been depopulated across Ohio because of the bird flu. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine spoke in Darke County Thursday, detailing his plan for the disease. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7′s Mason Fletcher was at the Versailles Fire Department as DeWine addressed state agriculture leaders. TRENDING STORIES: Local sushi restaurant closes location after 10 years Woman, minor shot at point-blank range near Springfield store, restaurant 'I don't even feel like it's real;' Owner devastated after fire destroys Miami County business DeWine's biggest point was asking for federal help with the disease. 'The federal government is really going to have to accelerate research that is being done,' DeWine said. DeWine says he will be speaking with the Secretary of Agriculture soon to ask for federal help. The bird flu is having an impact on the economy, especially in grocery stores. 'It's really kind of sad right now the way the economy is,' Xenia resident Marlene Norris said. According to the Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture Brian Bladridge, over 30 percent of laying birds in Ohio have been killed as a result of the bird flu. Norris says she may have to cut back on her baking. 'I try to limit what I do with the eggs that I have,' Norris said. 'I spread it around, depending on what I'm going to do that week.' The Ohio Poultry Association says it may be a while before egg prices return to normal. 'When we are decreasing, as we have the supply and the demand has remained the same, it's very difficult for that to happen until we get back into production,' Jim Chakeres with the Ohio Poultry Association said. Stores in the area have been displaying signs saying there is a limited supply of eggs. Some people in the community have decided to take their egg needs into their own hands. 'Personally, I have my own chickens. I don't buy the eggs,' Don Johnson from Xenia said. Johnson says he knows several people who have started their own back-yard coops. However, bird flu may no longer be on the rise. According to the Ohio Health Department, there were 18 bird flu detections the last week of January. That number is down to zero for the first week of March. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
