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The US egg industry is reflecting on the 2014-2015 avian flu outbreak, which killed 42 million birds and cost the poultry industry about $1 billion. United Egg Producers emphasized biosecurity investment, and no new US avian flu reports had surfaced in recent weeks.
Lasting biosecurity costs and the risk of recurrence add structural uncertainty to layer flock sizes and egg supply, which can drive volatility in egg and corn-soy layer feed demand.
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