# Mexico reports first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm | Reuters

> Mexico reported its first H5N1 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak of the season on a farm in Sonora state. The outbreak killed 15,000 birds from a flock of 90,000.

- Date: 2023-11-02 · published 2023-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16139-mexico-reports-first-outbreak-of-h5n1-bird-flu-on-poultry-farm-reuters
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry losses reduce domestic chicken output and feed demand in Mexico, a major importer of US feed grains, though the scale is small.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-11-29 | [Japan orders major poultry cull after first bird flu outbreak in nearly two years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73880-japan-orders-major-poultry-cull-after-first-bird-flu-outbreak-in-nearly-two.md) | +1.6% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2020-01-03 | [Bird flu outbreak hits turkey farms in Poland - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54968-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-turkey-farms-in-poland-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-12-08 | [Bird Flu Outbreak Raises Fears of Egg Price Hike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43596-bird-flu-outbreak-raises-fears-of-egg-price-hike.md) | -0.3% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2025-04-01 | [Bird flu in US pushes poultry prices in Mexico to 4-year high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25727-bird-flu-in-us-pushes-poultry-prices-in-mexico-to-4-year-high.md) | +1.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-10 | [Chicken Prices Rreach Record High Levels Due to Bird Flu Outbreak
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72132-chicken-prices-rreach-record-high-levels-due-to-bird-flu-outbreak-the-poultry.md) | +1.9% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-reports-first-outbreak-h5n1-bird-flu-farm-2023-11-02/

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