# USDA Report Highlights Fourth-Quarter Decline in Broiler Production and Revised 2025 Projections - AG Life Media

> USDA's January 2025 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook shows broiler production in November 2024 fell 16.5% from October and 4.4% from a year earlier. HPAI affected over 18 million birds in December, including about 2.2 million in the broiler chain. USDA also cut its first-quarter 2025 broiler production forecast to 11.7 billion pounds.

- Date: 2025-01-22 · published 2025-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26528-usda-report-highlights-fourth-quarter-decline-in-broiler-production-and-revised
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower broiler output tightens chicken supply and supports chicken prices. Reduced poultry production also cuts feed demand from the broiler sector.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- aglifemedia.com: https://aglifemedia.com/usda-report-highlights-fourth-quarter-decline-in-broiler-production-and-revised-2025-projections/

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