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Over 500,000 egg-producing hens have been culled in Co. Monaghan since the bird flu outbreak began. The Department of Agriculture says the cull, combined with higher retail demand during Covid-19 restrictions, is causing a notable egg shortfall that imports are partly filling.
The shortfall is confined to one Irish county, so the effect on feed demand and grain or meal prices is limited.
agriland.ieCharles O'DonnellApr 28, 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.
