
NC State Extension warns that HPAI is a threat to North Carolina poultry after wood ducks in South Carolina tested positive in December 2023. Recent US commercial and backyard outbreaks include a commercial turkey flock in North Carolina.
The article gives biosecurity guidance for keeping flocks away from wild birds and waterways.
Extension biosecurity guidance is advisory and does not itself change supply. It signals ongoing regional disease risk to poultry production.
After 645 past disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.8% to +2.1%), and +0.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 615 past disease events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.8% to +1.8%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.