Expect Thanksgiving Turkey Prices to Skyrocket Thanks to Avian Influenza

There have now been 262 commercial flocks affected with HPAI in 2022.
There have now been 262 commercial flocks affected with HPAI in 2022.
(USDA, Scott Bauer)

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in additional commercial poultry operations.

  • A Nov. 6 confirmation of a case in Wright County, Iowa, with 1,022,800 commercial table egg layers
  • Nov. 8 confirmations in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in a commercial turkey meat bird flock of 17,400 and an undetermined number in a commercial turkey breeder hen operation.
  • A commercial upland game producer in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, with 180,000 birds was also confirmed Nov. 7.


There have now been 262 commercial flocks affected with HPAI in 2022.

More Trouble in France

France has put the country on “high” alert for bird flu, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. The “high” risk level means all poultry should be kept inside on farms and additional security measures taken, including for hunting, to avoid a spread of the disease.

Between Aug. 1 and Nov. 8, there have been 49 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on French farms.

More on HPAI:

USDA 2022 Food Price Inflation Forecasts Already at 14-Year High, Expected to Rise Even More
24 States Confirm ‘Bird Flu’ Outbreaks In Poultry

 

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