# Dutch government orders nationwide poultry lockdown amid bird flu outbreaks | The Independent

> The Dutch government ordered a nationwide poultry lockdown amid bird flu outbreaks. Separately, nearly 1 million chickens were killed at a US farm in Illinois after a bird flu outbreak became the nation's largest active outbreak.

- Date: 2026-10-28 · published 2026-10-29T06:05:57.493Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/248-dutch-government-orders-nationwide-poultry-lockdown-amid-bird-flu-outbreaks-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling of nearly a million hens tightens US egg supply and can lift egg and poultry prices, while the Dutch lockdown restricts EU poultry movement and trade.

## 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 | 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% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2022-11-03 | [U.S. Approaches Record Number of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Wild Birds and Poultry \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16231-u-s-approaches-record-number-of-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-wild-birds-and.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2022-10-18 | [Bird flu kills close to a record number of poultry in the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16240-bird-flu-kills-close-to-a-record-number-of-poultry-in-the-u-s.md) | -0.9% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- independent.co.uk: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bird-flu-netherlands-poultry-indoors-b3075134.html

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