{"id":19929,"date":"2024-02-16T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19929"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:36:30","slug":"with-bird-flu-vaccine-18-months-away-u-s-chicken-demand-moderates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/02\/16\/with-bird-flu-vaccine-18-months-away-u-s-chicken-demand-moderates\/","title":{"rendered":"With bird flu vaccine 18 months away, U.S. chicken demand moderates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chicken demand in the United States has improved to moderate levels, even as a bird flu vaccine nears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The just concluded<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/02\/12\/mexico-ships-138000-tons-of-guacamole-avocados-for-super-bowl\/\"><u>&nbsp;Super Bowl<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;that ended on February 11 also boosted orders for tender chicken meat and wings this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For chicken cuts outside direct influence by the above sports and entertainment event, demand has been light-to-moderate. Key mentions include relatively fair export demand, steady fryers\u2019 prices and light live chicken production.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USDA\u2019s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has also recorded a few areas experiencing more than moderate performance. For instance, supply is solid for thighs, demand is good for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/mnreports\/pytbroilerfryer.pdf\"><u>dark meat cuts<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and average bird weights fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vaccine-vs-low-chicken-demand\"><strong>Vaccine Vs. Low Chicken Demand<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicken demand may, nevertheless, change for good or for worse following the announcement of an upcoming avian flu vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, on February 14 promised a vaccine in 18 months for the ongoing strain of the flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This breakthrough will benefit owners of 8 species of commercial poultry including domestic fowls that are at risk of infection. So far in 2024, the U.S. has culled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/us-is-18-months-or-so-away-from-finding-bird-flu-vaccine-says-agriculture-secretary\/ar-BB1ihuqG\"><u>530,000<\/u><\/a>\u00a0poultry units. 14 species of backyard birds are prone to the virus, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to vaccinate poultry remains a controversial one, especially when it touches demand. In 2023, the United States had appraised France\u2019s decision to vaccinate its ducks, citing low demand for vaccinated birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, amid current lukewarm international orders for chicken, Vilsack is negotiating with trade partners to accept vaccinated poultry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO), in its part, has been urging governments around the world to opt&nbsp;in&nbsp;vaccines to avert a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As early as March, 2023, researchers were busy with vaccine trials to avert a jump of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/vaccine-makers-are-preparing-for-bird-flu\/\"><u>&nbsp;H5N1<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;strain to humans. Scientific American journal showed that first-time mortality rate for a human infection would be 56% but would fall with time. All the same, better late than never, hence the early start by vaccine makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By November 2022, American poultry farms had slaughtered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/2022\/11\/29\/us-poultry-farms-forced-to-eliminate-50-5-million-chickens-because-of-avian-flu\"><u>50.5 million&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>chickens over infections, a trend that softened through 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this bleak outlook, the numbers of layers rose in end 2023 and so did the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/u-s-egg-production-prices-beat-odds-to-notch-up-3\/\"><u>production of eggs<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicken demand in the United States has improved to moderate levels, even as a bird flu vaccine nears. The just concluded&nbsp;Super Bowl&nbsp;that ended on February 11 also boosted orders for tender chicken meat and wings this week.&nbsp; For chicken cuts outside direct influence by the above sports and entertainment event, demand has been light-to-moderate. 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