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China's agriculture ministry confirmed that highly pathogenic H7N9 has been detected in live-bird markets in Guangdong province for the first time. Bulgaria and France reported large culls and Nigeria reported more H5N1 outbreaks.
Human H7N9 samples showed mutations suggesting the virus is becoming more pathogenic in birds.
A shift to high-pathogenicity H7N9 in Chinese live-bird markets raises the risk of wider poultry losses and tighter import demand for feed. It may also weigh on Chinese poultry consumption, so the price direction for chicken is uncertain.
cidrap.umn.eduLisa Schnirring, CIDRAP NewsFeb 21, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
