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Implicit Subsidies to the Broiler Chicken Industry
Feeding the Factory Farm: Implicit Subsidies to the Broiler Chicken Industry. (E Starmer, A Witterman, T Wise, Global Development & Environment Website, June 2006) Farm policy reforms have provoked a sharp drop in livestock fee prices, which has been a boon to industrial livestock operations purchasing feed from the market. The broiler chicken industry alone has saved an average of $1.25 billion per year since 1996, compared to what it would have to pay if the market price of feed accurately reflected the cost of producing it. The paper can be viewed at http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/BroilerGains.htm .
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