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#149 Who Killed Chicken Farming in America? Concentration and Price-Fixing in the Poultry Industry

#149 Who Killed Chicken Farming in America? Concentration and Price-Fixing in the Poultry Industry

FromOur Curious Amalgam


#149 Who Killed Chicken Farming in America? Concentration and Price-Fixing in the Poultry Industry

FromOur Curious Amalgam

ratings:
Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Small chicken farmers are being pitted against each other by giant processing companies. Does the chicken industry have a concentration problem? Craig Watts, a contract poultry farmer for 22 years, joins Food & Power writer Claire Kelloway and the former head of the USDOJ Antitrust Division's criminal section, Brent Snyder, to discuss consolidation and price-fixing in the industry. Listen to this episode to learn more about the life of a chicken farmer, the state of concentration in the meat industry, and whether the Biden Administration's plans to fix it will help. Related Links: Why This Chicken Farmer Is Growing Mushrooms  Addressing Concentration in the Meat Processing Industry to Lower Food Prices for American Families Biden Meatpacking Reforms Lack Punch, Say Critics Obama's Game of Chicken Hosted by: Anant Raut and Christina Ma
Released:
Jan 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law around the world with leading experts in those areas. It is an amalgam because it is a group of diverse topics all in one place. It is curious because it gets the experts and asks them in-depth questions.