# Foot-and-mouth and highly pathogenic AI break out simultaneously

> South Korea has recorded 16 foot-and-mouth disease cases this year, with eight more positives confirmed on a Yecheon, Gyeongbuk Hanwoo farm on the 12th. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has also hit several layer, quail and duck farms in November across multiple provinces.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T12:13:45.871Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97724-foot-and-mouth-and-highly-pathogenic-ai-break-out-simultaneously
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EGGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Simultaneous livestock and poultry disease outbreaks raise the risk of culling, movement restrictions and export limits, tightening domestic beef and egg supply and supporting feed demand for poultry and cattle operations.

## Read by commodity

- EGGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-01 | [Beef prices soar in Kyenjojo over foot and mouth disease](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48057-beef-prices-soar-in-kyenjojo-over-foot-and-mouth-disease.md) | +2.6% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-03-16 | [Korea on highest alert as simultaneous livestock epidemics spread nationwide - The Korea Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15922-korea-on-highest-alert-as-simultaneous-livestock-epidemics-spread-nationwide.md) | -0.4% | +6.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-07-26 | [Foot-and-mouth disease: Impacts would go far beyond huge livestock losses - MPI report's warning - NZ Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40440-foot-and-mouth-disease-impacts-would-go-far-beyond-huge-livestock-losses-mpi.md) | -0.8% | +3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-30 | [Screwworm outbreak cripples cattle trade, costs jobs and raises beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23284-screwworm-outbreak-cripples-cattle-trade-costs-jobs-and-raises-beef-prices.md) | -1.4% | -3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-05-29 | [No relief in sight for high beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19202-no-relief-in-sight-for-high-beef-prices.md) | -0.8% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- farminsight.net: https://farminsight.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=17215

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