# Bird flu roils poultry industry, raising concern over egg prices ahead of Easter | Food Dive

> Roughly 1.96 million birds raised for meat or eggs in California were culled in January 2024 after highly pathogenic avian influenza detections at seven commercial farms, according to USDA. The outbreak is raising concern that egg prices could climb again ahead of Easter.

- Date: 2024-01-31 · published 2024-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31672-bird-flu-roils-poultry-industry-raising-concern-over-egg-prices-ahead-of-easter
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Losses of layer hens reduce US table egg supply, which tends to lift wholesale and retail egg prices, and poultry feed demand falls as flocks are depopulated.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- agriculturedive.com: https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bird-flu-roils-poultry-industry-raising-concerns-ahead-of-easter/706156/
- fooddive.com: https://www.fooddive.com/news/bird-flu-roils-poultry-industry-raising-concerns-ahead-of-easter/706165/

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