# Two new bird flu outbreaks hit poultry farms in Yorkshire and Lancashire

> Highly pathogenic H5N1 was confirmed at two commercial poultry farms in Yorkshire and Lancashire. All poultry at the affected premises, including 14,000 free-range laying hens at the Yorkshire farm, will be culled, and movement restrictions have been imposed around both sites.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-08T09:07:48.988Z
- Category: disease · region United Kingdom · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/87278-two-new-bird-flu-outbreaks-hit-poultry-farms-in-yorkshire-and-lancashire
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling reduces poultry supply locally, while movement controls can disrupt deliveries; this may add upward pressure to chicken prices, though the reported impact is limited in scale.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/two-new-bird-flu-outbreaks-hit-poultry-farms-in-yorkshire-and-lancashire_69440.html

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