# Bird flu outbreak spreads across US poultry farms, infects 1.32 million birds

> Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has infected 1.32 million US birds over the past month, per USDA data. The largest outbreak was in Clinton County, Illinois, with 934,600 chickens, and others were reported in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-02T21:08:47.536Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/75840-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-across-us-poultry-farms-infects-1-32-million-birds
- 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

Large layer and broiler losses reduce US poultry supply and can trigger export bans, while also raising egg prices and potentially lowering feed demand over time.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-09-21 | [Poultry prices rise as flu spreads to more chicken farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68966-poultry-prices-rise-as-flu-spreads-to-more-chicken-farms.md) | +0.5% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2021-01-14 | [Still reeling from COVID-19, Asia’s poultry farmers are battling bird flu outbreaks
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49157-still-reeling-from-covid-19-asia-s-poultry-farmers-are-battling-bird-flu.md) | +0.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-05-28 | [New study looks at impacts of a US ASF outbreak across swine, poultry, beef, grains
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16186-new-study-looks-at-impacts-of-a-us-asf-outbreak-across-swine-poultry-beef.md) | -4.6% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2024-05-28 | [US Records Worst Bird Flu Outbreak in Two Years at Iowa Egg Farm - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30280-us-records-worst-bird-flu-outbreak-in-two-years-at-iowa-egg-farm-bloomberg.md) | -4.6% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2022-11-16 | [Why the ongoing bird flu outbreak is driving up poultry costs ahead of Thanksgiving \| PBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38683-why-the-ongoing-bird-flu-outbreak-is-driving-up-poultry-costs-ahead-of.md) | -2.4% | -6.3% |
| SBM | 2021-01-14 | [Still reeling from COVID-19, Asia’s poultry farmers are battling bird flu outbreaks
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49157-still-reeling-from-covid-19-asia-s-poultry-farmers-are-battling-bird-flu.md) | -3.0% | -5.9% |
| SBM | 2023-05-28 | [New study looks at impacts of a US ASF outbreak across swine, poultry, beef, grains
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16186-new-study-looks-at-impacts-of-a-us-asf-outbreak-across-swine-poultry-beef.md) | -1.4% | +1.4% |
| SBM | 2024-05-28 | [US Records Worst Bird Flu Outbreak in Two Years at Iowa Egg Farm - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30280-us-records-worst-bird-flu-outbreak-in-two-years-at-iowa-egg-farm-bloomberg.md) | -6.4% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- bolnews.com: https://www.bolnews.com/health/bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-across-us-poultry-farms-infects-132m-birds

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