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

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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.

Craig Watts, 22-year contract poultry farmer and part of a multigenerational farming family from Fairmont, North Carolina

Claire Kelloway, Senior Reporter and Researcher, Open Markets Institute, Writer and Publisher, Food & Power newsletter

Brent Snyder, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Claire Kelloway, Craig Watts and Brent Snyder,

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Addressing Concentration in the Meat Processing Industry to Lower Food Prices for American Families
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Obama’s Game of Chicken

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Anant Raut and Christina Ma


Posted On January 10, 2022

Posted By Our Curious Amalgam

Posted In Agriculture & Food INDUSTRIES

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