# America is running low on chicken. Blame covid-19, a sandwich craze and huge appetite for wings.

> US chicken supply is running short due to pandemic disruptions, strong demand for takeout-friendly food, competition, volatile feed prices and February winter storms that halted processing. Analysts cite these as reasons for the current deficit in chicken supply.

- Date: 2021-04-30 · published 2021-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47746-america-is-running-low-on-chicken-blame-covid-19-a-sandwich-craze-and-huge
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A domestic chicken deficit tightens supply and supports higher chicken prices, and volatile feed costs add to production expense.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- washingtonpost.com: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/29/chicken-shortage-us/?tid=ss_tw

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