# The Birds Come Back: Korea's Avian Flu Season and the Price of an Egg | The Ag Digest

> The Ag Digest looks at South Korea's autumn avian flu risk, noting that waterfowl counts rose sharply at key wetlands in September 2026 and that no detections had been announced in autumn as of October 17. It also describes Korea's culling, compensation and farm-biosecurity policies.

- Date: 2026-10-22 · published 2026-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17127-the-birds-come-back-korea-s-avian-flu-season-and-the-price-of-an-egg-the-ag
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Rising wild waterfowl numbers raise the odds of a Korean layer outbreak this winter, which would tighten egg supply and could lift Korean demand for imported feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-09-26 | [Bird flu to blame for rising egg prices: A dozen cost more than $3](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28304-bird-flu-to-blame-for-rising-egg-prices-a-dozen-cost-more-than-3.md) | +2.5% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2018-12-14 | [Egg price hike due to bird flu and supply shortage, says Agriculture Minister \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61577-egg-price-hike-due-to-bird-flu-and-supply-shortage-says-agriculture-minister.md) | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [What's to Blame for the High Price of Eggs? \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28793-what-s-to-blame-for-the-high-price-of-eggs-hoosier-ag-today.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |
| 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 | 2020-11-29 | [Nation’s farms fight dual virus outbreaks in birds and pigs - The Korea Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50030-nation-s-farms-fight-dual-virus-outbreaks-in-birds-and-pigs-the-korea-herald.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| SBM | 2018-12-14 | [Egg price hike due to bird flu and supply shortage, says Agriculture Minister \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61577-egg-price-hike-due-to-bird-flu-and-supply-shortage-says-agriculture-minister.md) | -0.5% | -0.8% |
| SBM | 2024-08-26 | [What's to Blame for the High Price of Eggs? \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28793-what-s-to-blame-for-the-high-price-of-eggs-hoosier-ag-today.md) | +2.0% | +3.8% |
| SBM | 2026-02-24 | [Avian flu outbreak threatens to reverse falling egg prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20605-avian-flu-outbreak-threatens-to-reverse-falling-egg-prices.md) | +0.4% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- theagdigest.com: https://www.theagdigest.com/en/magazine/the-birds-come-back

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