Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 个月前More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farmwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkMore than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farmwww.cbsnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 个月前message-square33linkfedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 个月前Aw come on, that’s a lot of wings, if we promise to cook them well, can you drop off some to my house?
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 个月前Even aside from those particular birds, the shortage of chicken and eggs from bird flu has driven prices way up. Fewer wings to go around, so parties bid up what’s available. Wikioedia: 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak Since 2020, global outbreaks of avian influenza subtype H5N1 have been occurring, with cases reported from every continent as of May 2024. Here’s a graph showing chicken meat prices in the US since 2020: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000FF1101 And here’s one showing eggs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
Aw come on, that’s a lot of wings, if we promise to cook them well, can you drop off some to my house?
Even aside from those particular birds, the shortage of chicken and eggs from bird flu has driven prices way up. Fewer wings to go around, so parties bid up what’s available.
Wikioedia: 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
Here’s a graph showing chicken meat prices in the US since 2020:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000FF1101
And here’s one showing eggs:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111