# YEAREND: Avian Influenza, Inflation Drive Up Poultry Prices; Faculty Additions Allow for More Specialized Research

> Arkansas poultry producers avoided the spring HPAI outbreak but detected their first 2022 case in October, with three flocks infected as of December 7. Nationally, 52.87 million birds have been affected, the most significant outbreak in US history by bird count.

- Date: 2022-12-09 · published 2022-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38248-yearend-avian-influenza-inflation-drive-up-poultry-prices-faculty-additions
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The national bird count underscores the scale of HPAI losses behind higher poultry prices, though the state-level impact was limited.

## Sources

- aaes.uada.edu: https://aaes.uada.edu/news/yearend-poultry/

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