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
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