# Nation’s farms fight dual virus outbreaks in birds and pigs - The Korea Herald

> South Korea raised its bird flu alert to the highest 'serious' level after a highly pathogenic H5 strain was found at a duck farm in Jeongeup, the first outbreak among farmed poultry in 32 months. Authorities are culling about 392,000 birds at nearby farms and restricting traffic, with 2.61 million birds at 60 farms within 10 km. African swine fever is also spreading in the country.

- Date: 2020-11-29 · published 2020-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50030-nation-s-farms-fight-dual-virus-outbreaks-in-birds-and-pigs-the-korea-herald
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling of this size and movement restrictions tighten local poultry and egg supply, supporting feed demand for poultry and potentially lifting prices for chicken and feed ingredients, while import demand for eggs could rise as in the 2017-18 outbreak.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-22 | [Chicken prices feared to soar over AI outbreak - The Korea Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73602-chicken-prices-feared-to-soar-over-ai-outbreak-the-korea-herald.md) | +0.4% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2020-01-03 | [Bird flu outbreak hits turkey farms in Poland - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54968-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-turkey-farms-in-poland-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-10-28 | [Dutch government orders nationwide poultry lockdown amid bird flu outbreaks \| The Independent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/248-dutch-government-orders-nationwide-poultry-lockdown-amid-bird-flu-outbreaks-the.md) | -0.5% | — |
| CORN | 2026-10-22 | [The Birds Come Back: Korea's Avian Flu Season and the Price of an Egg \| The Ag Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17127-the-birds-come-back-korea-s-avian-flu-season-and-the-price-of-an-egg-the-ag.md) | -1.2% | — |
| CORN | 2020-01-03 | [Bird flu outbreak spreads in Poland - 9News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54970-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-in-poland-9news.md) | -1.4% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- koreaherald.com: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/2497272

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