# Analysis: Egg producers struggle to make it pay - Poultry News

> UK egg producers face oversupply pressure despite a 14.5% year-on-year rise in retail egg volume during COVID-19 lockdown. Low pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks removed about three million birds from production early in the year. Retailers such as Lidl began importing Dutch eggs to fill gaps.

- Date: 2020-06-02 · published 2020-06-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52625-analysis-egg-producers-struggle-to-make-it-pay-poultry-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher feed costs are squeezing producers already selling below break-even, which could reduce flock expansion and layer feed demand. The import situation shows supply tightness in the UK egg sector.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-09-28 | [Australian egg producers struggle to keep up with demand - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34098-australian-egg-producers-struggle-to-keep-up-with-demand-abc-news.md) | +1.1% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2019-04-10 | [What egg producers need to know about infectious coryza \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59620-what-egg-producers-need-to-know-about-infectious-coryza-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | +1.1% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-07 | [Mississippi egg producer: Bird flu brings higher egg prices \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41855-mississippi-egg-producer-bird-flu-brings-higher-egg-prices-ap-news.md) | -1.1% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2022-04-04 | [HPAI spread triggers price increases for eggs \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41850-hpai-spread-triggers-price-increases-for-eggs-meat-poultry.md) | +5.4% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2024-10-29 | [ANALYSIS: U.S. Egg Prices Surge to Record October Highs on Retail Strength, Bird Flu Cases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27870-analysis-u-s-egg-prices-surge-to-record-october-highs-on-retail-strength-bird.md) | +0.9% | +0.1% |
| SBM | 2022-04-04 | [HPAI spread triggers price increases for eggs \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41850-hpai-spread-triggers-price-increases-for-eggs-meat-poultry.md) | +2.8% | -3.1% |
| SBM | 2024-10-29 | [ANALYSIS: U.S. Egg Prices Surge to Record October Highs on Retail Strength, Bird Flu Cases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27870-analysis-u-s-egg-prices-surge-to-record-october-highs-on-retail-strength-bird.md) | -1.6% | -4.1% |
| SBM | 2026-01-07 | [Top US Egg Producer Says Bird Flu Still ‘Extremely Strong’ - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21044-top-us-egg-producer-says-bird-flu-still-extremely-strong-bloomberg.md) | -1.9% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/analysis-egg-producers-struggle-to-make-it-pay.html

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