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Roughly 38 million US chickens have died from HPAI or culling since January, including about 29 million egg-laying hens. USDA has added $400 million to an initial $400 million for response and indemnity payments, and preliminary May flock data suggest the outbreak is easing.
Heavy layer losses drove wholesale egg prices sharply higher, and easing outbreaks should moderate that pressure. Continued government funding supports flock rebuilding.
farmanddairy.comAlan GuebertJun 16, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
