
Penn State's Emerging Animal Infectious Disease Conference outlined USDA preparations for HPAI, virulent Newcastle disease, African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease. Pennsylvania has seen a resurgence of avian influenza.
Heightened foreign animal disease readiness signals ongoing risk to poultry and pork supply, a modest support for chicken and hog prices.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 177 past bullish disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.8% to +2.7%), and +0.9% 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.