# South Korea’s poultry sector recovers from bird flu - Food & Agribusiness

> South Korea's chicken production is expected to fall 2.8% in 2021 to about 935,000 mt after a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak led to culling of 26 million chickens. Egg retail prices rose 45% from 2020 amid layer shortages, and broiler inventories are recovering with exports forecast to rise 57%.

- Date: 2021-10-06 · published 2021-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44560-south-korea-s-poultry-sector-recovers-from-bird-flu-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Recovering Korean broiler supply and strong demand point to higher import needs for feed and poultry-related commodities, supporting corn and soymeal demand in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-04 | [Poland overcomes AI epidemic - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46580-poland-overcomes-ai-epidemic-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +6.4% | +5.9% |
| CORN | 2021-03-26 | [Poultry: Bird flu threatens Nigeria's N100bn revenue target - New Telegraph](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48131-poultry-bird-flu-threatens-nigeria-s-n100bn-revenue-target-new-telegraph.md) | +1.2% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2019-08-30 | [eFeedLink - China's Re-booted Poultry Sector, Version 2.0: Rising chickens, falling pigs and new eating trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57739-efeedlink-china-s-re-booted-poultry-sector-version-2-0-rising-chickens-falling.md) | -2.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-11-22 | [Yum China, KFC hit by rising poultry prices in China amid African swine fever epidemic \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56212-yum-china-kfc-hit-by-rising-poultry-prices-in-china-amid-african-swine-fever.md) | +0.6% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-04-02 | [Bad weather and the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) increase agricultural and livestock prices in South Korea](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12940-bad-weather-and-the-spread-of-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-ai-increase.md) | +0.4% | +22.0% |
| SBM | 2019-08-30 | [eFeedLink - China's Re-booted Poultry Sector, Version 2.0: Rising chickens, falling pigs and new eating trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57739-efeedlink-china-s-re-booted-poultry-sector-version-2-0-rising-chickens-falling.md) | -1.6% | -0.7% |
| SBM | 2019-11-22 | [Yum China, KFC hit by rising poultry prices in China amid African swine fever epidemic \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56212-yum-china-kfc-hit-by-rising-poultry-prices-in-china-amid-african-swine-fever.md) | -3.4% | -1.0% |
| SBM | 2020-01-21 | [China rebuilds swine herd; poultry, aqua demand grows \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55069-china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows-feed-strategy.md) | -0.9% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/south-koreas-poultry-sector-recovers-from-bird-flu

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