# China's chickens need to lay a billion eggs a day. Here's how they're going to do it

> Reuters reports that China is moving toward industrial-scale egg production to meet growing demand. Disease risk is identified as the central challenge for large intensive operations, and an earlier bird flu outbreak had cut egg and poultry prices last year.

- Date: 2018-07-09 · published 2018-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64044-china-s-chickens-need-to-lay-a-billion-eggs-a-day-here-s-how-they-re-going-to
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Expansion of large layer operations would raise future egg and feed demand in China, but the effect on prices is gradual and not immediate.

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/chinas-chickens-need-to-lay-a-billion-eggs-a-day-heres-how-theyre-going-to-d-idUSKBN1JZ0PR/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.