| Title: |
Consolidation, productivity, and downstream prices in the US poultry industry |
| Authors: |
Tina L. Saitone; Aleks Schaefer; Daniel Scheitrum; Shawn Arita; Vince Breneman; Rebecca Nemec Boehm |
| Source: |
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Pp 1-22 |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press. |
| Collection: |
LCC:Agriculture (General); LCC:Economic growth, development, planning |
| Subject Terms: |
Animal productivity; concentration; consolidation; poultry industry; wholesale prices; Q13; L11; Agriculture (General); S1-972; Economic growth, development, planning; HD72-88 |
| Description: |
Concentration in animal-based protein industries in the United States continues to garner the interest of policymakers, researchers, and consumers alike. We assess the impacts of industry concentration on animal productivity and downstream prices in the US broiler chicken industry between 1991 and 2019. We compile a dataset that matches annual, plant-level information on ownership and sales for all poultry processing facilities in the United States with market-level wholesale composite prices and bird yields. Consolidation over the last three decades has greatly contributed to industry concentration, leading to higher wholesale composite broiler prices (16.3%) and gains in animal productivity (2.4%). |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1068-2805; 2372-2614 |
| Relation: |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1068280525000152/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1068-2805; https://doaj.org/toc/2372-2614 |
| DOI: |
10.1017/age.2025.15 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/2e366f942f584838b02a6730ac42e6bb |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.2e366f942f584838b02a6730ac42e6bb |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |