# Covid-19 sees Canada cut poultry production - Food & Agribusiness

> Canadian chicken producers cut output by more than 50,000 tonnes after food service demand collapsed during COVID-19 closures. Wholesale prices fell 20-45% by end-April, and FAS estimates 2020 chicken production at 1.315 million tonnes, down 1%.

- Date: 2020-06-08 · published 2020-06-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52759-covid-19-sees-canada-cut-poultry-production-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Canadian broiler output reduces domestic feed grain and meal demand, a bearish factor for feed ingredients in Canada.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/covid-19-sees-canada-cut-poultry-production

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