# USDA launches ‘Defend the Flock’ campaign | News | nwestiowa.com

> USDA's APHIS launched the 'Defend the Flock' biosecurity campaign on November 16, combining two earlier outreach programs for commercial and backyard poultry. It focuses on preventing avian influenza and other infectious poultry diseases.

- Date: 2018-11-27 · published 2018-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62060-usda-launches-defend-the-flock-campaign-news-nwestiowa-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

This is an outreach initiative rather than a new outbreak or trade restriction, so it has limited direct price impact on poultry feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- nwestiowa.com: https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/usda-launches-defend-the-flock-campaign/article_6a405112-f1ca-11e8-849c-eb14238b1cdb.html

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