# South Dakota poultry producers bounce back from bird flu | AP News

> South Dakota poultry producers are recovering from the 2015 avian flu outbreak that drove up egg prices and hurt egg and turkey producers. Dakota Layers repopulated all nine of its flocks last month.

- Date: 2016-11-20 · published 2016-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73874-south-dakota-poultry-producers-bounce-back-from-bird-flu-ap-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Restocked layer flocks add supply to an already well-supplied egg market, which keeps downward pressure on egg prices and weighs on feed demand from layers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-09-29 | [Dumping, bird flu, cripples SA poultry and grain producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68971-dumping-bird-flu-cripples-sa-poultry-and-grain-producers.md) | +3.1% | +2.4% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2017-02-24 | [China egg producers brace for pain from bird flu crackdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72514-china-egg-producers-brace-for-pain-from-bird-flu-crackdown.md) | +1.5% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-09-03 | [Avian Flu crisis: Poultry producers slam govt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68970-avian-flu-crisis-poultry-producers-slam-govt.md) | +0.6% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2025-02-28 | [Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits? \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26059-are-egg-producers-inflating-prices-during-the-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost.md) | -2.4% | +0.5% |
| SBM | 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) | -0.3% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2025-02-28 | [Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits? \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26059-are-egg-producers-inflating-prices-during-the-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost.md) | +1.7% | +1.5% |
| SBM | 2021-02-11 | [Avian flu forces poultry producers to cull birds due to outbreaks around the world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48499-avian-flu-forces-poultry-producers-to-cull-birds-due-to-outbreaks-around-the.md) | +1.5% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/general-news-2e664223d8c14368b8e89e7ca1ab7111

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