# Rabobank Global Poultry Quarterly Q3 2018: Trade Volatility, But Local Markets Bullish - Perishable News

> Rabobank's Q3 2018 Global Poultry Quarterly says global poultry trade has become highly volatile, centred on Brazil's weak flesh investigation and a truckers' strike that led to bird culls. It expects turmoil to continue in the second half, with US-China tensions and new Chinese safeguards on Brazilian poultry.

- Date: 2018-07-05 · published 2018-07-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64186-rabobank-global-poultry-quarterly-q3-2018-trade-volatility-but-local-markets
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Shifts in Brazilian poultry export flows and possible feed cost volatility could move meal and grain demand in the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: neutral

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## Sources

- perishablenews.com: https://perishablenews.com/meatpoultry/rabobank-global-poultry-quarterly-q3-2018-trade-volatility-but-local-markets-bullish/

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