# China's chicken chain comes unstuck amid chaos of virus measures

> China's poultry breeding chain is under strain from coronavirus control measures. Day-old chick prices have fallen to 1.4 to 2.5 yuan per chick, below cost and far under last year's average of 6.8 yuan.

- Date: 2020-02-21 · published 2020-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54754-china-s-chicken-chain-comes-unstuck-amid-chaos-of-virus-measures
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Breeder and chick oversupply and disrupted production cycles point to lower near-term broiler output and weaker feed demand from China's poultry sector.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/china-s-chicken-chain-comes-unstuck-amid-chaos-of-virus-measures-idUSKBN20F0RK/

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