# Iran slaughters 40 percent of its poultry, imports eggs from Turkey amid bird flu panic | Daily Sabah

> Iranian officials culled about 25 million poultry, roughly 40 percent of the national flock, after bird flu cases emerged. The cull caused egg production to fall sharply and egg prices to climb, and Iran is importing about 50 trucks of eggs weekly from Turkey.

- Date: 2018-02-11 · published 2018-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Iran · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66506-iran-slaughters-40-percent-of-its-poultry-imports-eggs-from-turkey-amid-bird
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The large cull cuts Iranian poultry feed demand and raises import needs for eggs, creating a modest bullish signal for Turkish poultry exports and a bearish one for Iranian feed consumption.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-02-12 | [Iran culls 25mn heads of poultry amid bird flu fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66507-iran-culls-25mn-heads-of-poultry-amid-bird-flu-fears.md) | +0.8% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2016-11-20 | [South Dakota poultry producers bounce back from bird flu \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73874-south-dakota-poultry-producers-bounce-back-from-bird-flu-ap-news.md) | -0.1% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-06-11 | [Weekly poultry digest: Europe issues a report on bird flu
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46582-weekly-poultry-digest-europe-issues-a-report-on-bird-flu-the-poultry-site.md) | -6.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2020-07-29 | [DA-BAI confirms bird flu in Pampanga egg farm \|
    Official Portal of the Department of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52114-da-bai-confirms-bird-flu-in-pampanga-egg-farm-official-portal-of-the-department.md) | -2.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2016-11-14 | [Egg producers, turkey farmers rebound after 2015 avian flu - Mitchell Republic \| News, weather, sports from Mitchell South Dakota](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73876-egg-producers-turkey-farmers-rebound-after-2015-avian-flu-mitchell-republic.md) | -3.6% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- dailysabah.com: https://www.dailysabah.com/economy/2018/02/12/iran-slaughters-40-percent-of-its-poultry-imports-eggs-from-turkey-amid-bird-flu-panic

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