# Poultry market outlook – The issues influencing production - Poultry Producer

> Rabobank analyst Christine McCracken said at the 2024 Annual Meat Conference that the US poultry industry is well positioned in 2024. She flagged the shift to cage-free egg production, with six states mandating it and more coming, as a future supply risk, and noted broiler productivity is at record lows with hatchability near 79%.

- Date: 2024-04-17 · published 2024-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30880-poultry-market-outlook-the-issues-influencing-production-poultry-producer
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower feed costs support broiler margins, but poor productivity and cage-free egg transitions could tighten egg and poultry supply and lift prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-08-30 | [Poultry Market Outlook - Aug - Ceva Poultry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23465-poultry-market-outlook-aug-ceva-poultry.md) | +0.3% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2019-03-01 | [The Market Influence We Ignore](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60122-the-market-influence-we-ignore.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2017-11-28 | [Factors Influencing Global Grain Production – Lakeview Grains, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67814-factors-influencing-global-grain-production-lakeview-grains-llc.md) | +1.1% | +6.8% |
| CORN | 2023-07-05 | [Poultry industry outlook: positive prospects amid avian influenza uncertainty - Poultry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35193-poultry-industry-outlook-positive-prospects-amid-avian-influenza-uncertainty.md) | +1.4% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-30 | [The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22717-the-commodity-markets-outlook-in-eight-charts.md) | +0.0% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- poultryproducer.com: https://www.poultryproducer.com/poultry-market-outlook-the-issues-influencing-production/

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