# West North Central U.S. Bird Flu News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - Agriculture Industry Today - EIN Presswire

> The monitoring roundup reports HPAI detections in commercial poultry flocks in Washington, South Dakota, and Quebec, affecting tens of thousands of birds. It also summarizes a USDA assessment that infected cattle from Idaho likely carried bird flu to Washington dairy herds, along with other bird-flu updates and reports of a human fatality.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-08T06:14:02.652Z
- Category: disease · region North America · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/87096-west-north-central-u-s-bird-flu-news-monitoring-service-and-press-release
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry outbreaks and culling can tighten regional chicken and egg supplies, while spread among dairy cattle raises risks for milk production; price effects depend on the scale and duration of containment.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-03-25 | [Dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas test positive for bird flu \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16105-dairy-cattle-in-texas-kansas-test-positive-for-bird-flu-ap-news.md) | -0.4% | -5.1% |
| MILK | 2026-06-15 | [Idaho dairies get more bird flu cases \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15902-idaho-dairies-get-more-bird-flu-cases-capital-press.md) | +0.1% | -1.4% |
| MILK | 2024-11-27 | [Bird flu H5N1 outbreak in cattle and Canada infection worry scientists  : Shots - Health News : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16047-bird-flu-h5n1-outbreak-in-cattle-and-canada-infection-worry-scientists-shots.md) | -4.5% | -5.9% |
| MILK | 2026-06-30 | [Idaho is American ag’s bird flu hotspot \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15904-idaho-is-american-ag-s-bird-flu-hotspot-capital-press.md) | -2.4% | -1.3% |
| MILK | 2024-05-08 | [Bird Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cows Is Widespread, Raising Public Health Concerns \| Infectious Diseases \| JAMA \| JAMA Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16090-bird-flu-outbreak-in-dairy-cows-is-widespread-raising-public-health-concerns.md) | +2.1% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- agriculture.einnews.com: https://agriculture.einnews.com/news/west-north-central-us-bird-flu

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