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Location of Production and Consolidation in the Processing Industry: The Case of Poultry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

H.L. Goodwin
H.L. Goodwin*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
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Abstract

The poultry industry is the most vertically integrated of U.S. agriculture and food production and is rapidly progressing toward being one of the most concentrated. In 2002, the top 15 broiler states accounted for 94.4% of U.S. production. From 1982–2002, the top four broiler firms had a fivefold increase in Ready-to-Cook (R-T-C) pounds, a tripling of plants and four- and eight-firm concentration ratio increases of 27.9% to 48.2% and 44.1% to 66.6%. In a broad sense, chicken became more affordable, appealing, and available; total R-T-C pounds increased from 234 to 663 million pounds between 1982 and 2002.

Keywords

broilersconcentrationpoultry pricingpoultry productionvertical integrationL11L22M11Q13R30
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , August 2005 , pp. 339 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2005

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