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A bird flu outbreak in August on a Utah mink farm infected 7 mink as of October 30, according to a USDA tracker. State officials imposed a verbal hold rather than a quarantine or cull, and the state's voluntary monitoring agreement for human H5N1 cases is now under scrutiny.
The story concerns a small mink outbreak and surveillance policy rather than a meaningful change in poultry or livestock supply, so it has little direct effect on feed commodity demand or prices.
ntd.comNov 3, 2026After 645 past disease events, HOGS moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.8% to +2.1%), and +0.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 611 past disease events, SBM moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.8% to +1.8%), and -0.2% over 20.
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.
