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this: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/whose-farm-is-this-anyway/569227/ (thanks ms yeo) Convincing and great that there are journalists out there bringing stories like these to light. Probably many other industries suffering the same plight that no one knows about.  I assumed that with vertical integration and with these large corporations squeezing the farmers that price of chickens have dropped over time. Seems not to be the case: https://www.in2013dollars.com/Chicken/price-inflation (ignore the headline); the price of chicken has roughly kept pace with inflation since 1997.  While Tyson foods margins have crept up since 2007  Mixed margins with Pilgrim foods but generally trending higher So, warrants studying why the chicken processing industry has consolidated the way it has: 1. Are there gov regulations that make starting a food processing company too expensive or restrictive (including zoning rights, safety standards, maybe CO2 emissions, etc)...