# Weekly poultry digest: downstream impacts of bird flu outbreaks start to appear
						 | The Poultry Site

> H5N8 avian influenza has culled around 5 million birds in Poland, the EU's largest poultry producer, pushing up egg prices in parts of the EU. Chicken supply remains adequate. The same digest reports that Pilgrim's Pride pleaded guilty to broiler price fixing and was fined $107.9 million.

- Date: 2021-02-26 · published 2021-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48651-weekly-poultry-digest-downstream-impacts-of-bird-flu-outbreaks-start-to-appear
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Layer losses tighten EU egg supply and lift egg prices, while broiler supply is not yet affected. Lower layer flock numbers over time could reduce demand for feed.

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/weekly-poultry-digest-downstream-impacts-of-bird-flu-outbreaks-start-to-appear

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