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Article: Shoppers' fears could impact poultry prices.
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- Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2006
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Byline: Diana M. Alba
Mar. 23--Before bird flu ever reaches a status that would cause major public health problems, its first impact might be on residents' pocketbooks.
New Mexico State University agriculture economics professor Terry Crawford said consumers could react in different ways to news that bird flu has reached the United States. They could shy away from buying chicken, causing prices to drop, he said. Or, they could start a buying frenzy in anticipation that poultry will be hard to buy later on, which would cause prices to rise.
Crawford said the latter scenario is more likely, considering people view the H5N1 strain of bird flu as ...
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