# VIDEO: How COVID-19 is impacting the feed ingredient supply, market | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Evonik's poultry nutrition manager says COVID-19 is pushing some animal producers to reformulate feed due to ingredient shortages. The biggest impact has been on DDGS production, which fell sharply after ethanol output dropped following the pandemic declaration in March 2020.

- Date: 2020-06-12 · published 2020-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52947-video-how-covid-19-is-impacting-the-feed-ingredient-supply-market-wattagnet
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower ethanol output cuts DDGS supply, tightening availability of this corn-based feed ingredient and supporting its price, while pushing formulators toward substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-03-18 | [Avian flu: four continents, six viruses \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65873-avian-flu-four-continents-six-viruses-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | -1.2% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2019-07-08 | [Weather blamed for Taiwan’s spike in avian flu cases \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57972-weather-blamed-for-taiwan-s-spike-in-avian-flu-cases-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +2.0% | -3.2% |
| 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 | 2018-05-14 | [Chinese poultry farm hit by avian flu \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64898-chinese-poultry-farm-hit-by-avian-flu-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2018-05-07 | [Further outbreaks of avian flu hit poultry in Asia, Africa \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64897-further-outbreaks-of-avian-flu-hit-poultry-in-asia-africa-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/industry-resources/watt-poultry-chat/article/15531246/video-how-covid-19-is-impacting-the-feed-ingredient-supply-market-wattagnet

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