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Irish Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy is calling on the government to create a compensation scheme for poultry farmers whose flocks were culled after avian influenza outbreaks. More than 500,000 egg-producing hens have been culled in Co. Monaghan since early March.
The culls deepen the local egg supply shortfall, but the political debate over compensation does not directly change feed or commodity demand.
agriland.ieClaire Mc CormackMay 5, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
