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A USDA Economic Research Service analysis finds that trade embargoes after past HPAI outbreaks in 2004 and 2014-15 cut export demand for US poultry and depressed domestic prices even in unaffected regions. The study covers how markets respond to outbreaks of different sizes.
The findings suggest current HPAI outbreaks could reduce US poultry export demand and pressure domestic chicken prices, a reminder that trade restrictions amplify disease impacts on the market.
Not 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.