# Poultry prices fall on lower demand amid bird flu scare | Commodity - Food & Edible Oils - Business Standard

> Broiler chicken prices in India fell up to 15 percent in the second half of October after a bird flu scare. Consumption dropped, and some centres showed signs of recovery in early November.

- Date: 2016-11-03 · published 2016-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73991-poultry-prices-fall-on-lower-demand-amid-bird-flu-scare-commodity-food-and
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Indian poultry demand reduces near-term feed use, though the decline is described as short term and prices are expected to recover with winter demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

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| SBM | 2016-12-02 | [Bird flu outbreaks rock poultry sector amid improving prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73607-bird-flu-outbreaks-rock-poultry-sector-amid-improving-prices.md) | +0.5% | +0.6% |
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## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/poultry-prices-fall-on-lower-demand-amid-bird-flu-scare-116110301166_1.html

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