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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
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2022
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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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