# Livestock, poultry farmers should prepare for animal diseases - Brownfield Ag News

> University specialists urged livestock and poultry producers to prepare financial and biosecurity plans for animal disease outbreaks. Recent highly pathogenic avian flu cases were cited in Tennessee, with suspected low pathogenic cases in Wisconsin and Alabama.

- Date: 2017-03-21 · published 2017-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71870-livestock-poultry-farmers-should-prepare-for-animal-diseases-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is general advisory content about preparedness with no new supply shock, so it has little direct effect on feed or livestock prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2017-02-16 | [Preparing for the next major animal disease outbreak - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72378-preparing-for-the-next-major-animal-disease-outbreak-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.2% | -2.5% |
| HOGS | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-07 | [Secure Pork Supply Plan readies industry for next disease outbreak - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64426-secure-pork-supply-plan-readies-industry-for-next-disease-outbreak-brownfield.md) | +4.9% | +8.5% |
| HOGS | 2021-12-08 | [Animal health experts: US ag needs to be prepared for disease outbreaks - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16314-animal-health-experts-us-ag-needs-to-be-prepared-for-disease-outbreaks-farm-and.md) | +1.0% | +9.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-27 | [Preparing for animal disease outbreaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63904-preparing-for-animal-disease-outbreaks.md) | -7.7% | -23.6% |
| SBM | 2017-02-16 | [Preparing for the next major animal disease outbreak - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72378-preparing-for-the-next-major-animal-disease-outbreak-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.6% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2018-06-07 | [Secure Pork Supply Plan readies industry for next disease outbreak - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64426-secure-pork-supply-plan-readies-industry-for-next-disease-outbreak-brownfield.md) | -4.7% | -10.1% |
| SBM | 2025-01-28 | [Poultry industry months away from restocking from HPAI losses - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26645-poultry-industry-months-away-from-restocking-from-hpai-losses-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.6% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/livestock-poultry-farmers-prepare-animal-diseases/

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