# Japan orders major poultry cull after first bird flu outbreak in nearly two years

> Japan has begun culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after highly contagious bird flu was found on farms in northern Japan. It is the first outbreak in Japan in nearly two years.

- Date: 2016-11-29 · published 2016-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73880-japan-orders-major-poultry-cull-after-first-bird-flu-outbreak-in-nearly-two
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Japan is a modest poultry producer and importer, so the cull has limited direct global feed price impact, though it may raise demand for poultry imports.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-11-02 | [Mexico reports first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16139-mexico-reports-first-outbreak-of-h5n1-bird-flu-on-poultry-farm-reuters.md) | +1.4% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2026-10-28 | [Dutch government orders nationwide poultry lockdown amid bird flu outbreaks \| The Independent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/248-dutch-government-orders-nationwide-poultry-lockdown-amid-bird-flu-outbreaks-the.md) | -0.5% | — |
| CORN | 2022-11-03 | [U.S. Approaches Record Number of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Wild Birds and Poultry \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16231-u-s-approaches-record-number-of-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-wild-birds-and.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2020-01-03 | [Bird flu outbreak hits turkey farms in Poland - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54968-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-turkey-farms-in-poland-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-10-18 | [Bird flu kills close to a record number of poultry in the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16240-bird-flu-kills-close-to-a-record-number-of-poultry-in-the-u-s.md) | -0.9% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-japan/japan-orders-major-poultry-cull-after-first-bird-flu-outbreak-in-nearly-two-years-idUSKBN13O02B/

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