# Russian poultry market braces for a price hike - Food & Agribusiness

> Russian supermarket chains have asked the government for permission to sharply raise poultry and egg prices. Poultry producers plan price increases of about 10% amid an ongoing avian influenza epidemic in southern Russia that has cut flock sizes and volumes.

- Date: 2021-03-05 · published 2021-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48249-russian-poultry-market-braces-for-a-price-hike-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking domestic poultry supply and rising production costs point to higher Russian chicken and egg prices, which tightens demand for feed grains and meal used by Russian poultry producers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/russian-poultry-market-braces-for-a-price-hike

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