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Big Poultry’s Anticompetitive Practices Come Home to Roost | Ambrook Research

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Last year, the DOJ exposed a price- and wage-fixing conspiracy by some of the largest U.S. poultry producers that they said “harmed a generation.” Will the government follow through on holding them accountable?

Last year, the DOJ exposed a price- and wage-fixing conspiracy by some of the largest U.S. poultry producers that they said “harmed a generation.” Will the government follow through on holding them accountable? Contract farming within the poultry industry is a now-common practice for its biggest companies. As first envisioned decades ago, it was effectively outsourcing labor — large processors provide fertile eggs to a sprawling network of small farmers, who then send back grown chickens for processing and sale. Read Next Poultry Farmers Are on the Front Lines of USDA’s New War on Salmonella W

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