# How HPAI bird losses in 2025 varied by state | WATTPoultry.com

> USDA APHIS data compiled by WATT show about 53.6 million commercial poultry and upland gamebirds were lost to HPAI in 2025 across 26 states. Ohio led with roughly 14.7 million birds lost, followed by Indiana with about 8.6 million.

- Date: 2026-01-06 · published 2026-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21041-how-hpai-bird-losses-in-2025-varied-by-state-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Large layer losses in the Midwest tightened egg supply and pushed up egg and feed-ingredient demand expectations, though the 2025 totals are now a historical reference rather than a new shock.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-02-18 | [Pennsylvania HPAI pushes egg industry losses past 150 million birds \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20600-pennsylvania-hpai-pushes-egg-industry-losses-past-150-million-birds-wattpoultry.md) | +0.2% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2019-10-25 | [Four Asian, Latin American states report new avian flu cases \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56452-four-asian-latin-american-states-report-new-avian-flu-cases-wattagnet.md) | -1.2% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-07-08 | [Weather blamed for Taiwan’s spike in avian flu cases \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57972-weather-blamed-for-taiwan-s-spike-in-avian-flu-cases-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +2.0% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Chinese poultry farm hit by avian flu \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64898-chinese-poultry-farm-hit-by-avian-flu-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2020-06-12 | [VIDEO: How COVID-19 is impacting the feed ingredient supply, market \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52947-video-how-covid-19-is-impacting-the-feed-ingredient-supply-market-wattagnet.md) | +0.2% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/news/15800974/how-hpai-bird-losses-in-2025-varied-by-state

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