There are a lot of moving parts in the meat sector, ranging from the recent U.S. atypical BSE case to African Swine Fever making a comeback in China to the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. effect on poultry. “We’re seeing tighter supplies in all three categories,” said Bernt Nelson, economist, American Farm Bureau Federation. Market prices are improving, but a delay from high input prices may affect the average livestock producer. “For some producers these prices are too little too late.”
