# Aviagen Broiler Economics. Bear Market part 2: US chicken industry
						 | The Poultry Site

> Aviagen's Dr. Paul Aho says the US chicken industry was slow to expand during the pandemic, so supply tightened and prices rose this year. He expects prices to moderate over the next year as labour shortages ease and production rises, with USDA showing only small production gains.

- Date: 2021-10-15 · published 2021-10-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44733-aviagen-broiler-economics-bear-market-part-2-us-chicken-industry-the-poultry
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected production recovery points to softer US chicken prices over the coming year, which would reduce pressure on feed demand from broiler growers.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/aviagen-broiler-economics-bear-market-part-2-us-chicken-industry

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