# How poultry economics are evolving in the era of avian influenza - FCC
						 | The Poultry Site

> Farm Credit Canada forecasts Canadian broiler prices to keep declining through the second half of 2024 before stabilizing in spring 2025. The decline reflects lower feed costs, with feed prices down about 22% from their peak, while chick costs have risen due to avian flu supply shortages.

- Date: 2024-09-04 · published 2024-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region North America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28469-how-poultry-economics-are-evolving-in-the-era-of-avian-influenza-fcc-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower grain and oilseed prices are cutting broiler production costs, which supports continued chicken supply growth and weighs on feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-06-05 | [Impact of the 2022 avian influenza epidemic in the US - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35495-impact-of-the-2022-avian-influenza-epidemic-in-the-us-food-and-agribusiness.md) | -3.7% | -8.1% |
| CORN | 2017-12-18 | [Rabobank Global Poultry Quarterly: Promising Outlook for 2018—Although Avian Influenza Concerns Are Rising - Poultry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67618-rabobank-global-poultry-quarterly-promising-outlook-for-2018-although-avian.md) | +0.8% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2025-10-08 | [US table egg output dips 3% as flock rebuilds
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22392-us-table-egg-output-dips-3-as-flock-rebuilds-the-poultry-site.md) | -1.1% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-04-14 | [Rabobank: Global economics to affect pork market, costs \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41978-rabobank-global-economics-to-affect-pork-market-costs-meat-poultry.md) | +3.1% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2023-11-07 | [Global poultry markets recover as challenges ease - Rabobank
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33319-global-poultry-markets-recover-as-challenges-ease-rabobank-the-poultry-site.md) | -0.8% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2024/09/how-poultry-economics-are-evolving-in-the-era-of-avian-influenza-fcc

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