re: Do you care if your chicken was humanely raised?

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Are you referring to chicken farmers contracted with Tyson? Also, it sounds as though you're referring to those that make the most money, not the average.

Most of these farmers are over collateralized to the teeth. And you can't make a blanket statement about what these farmers make, as they are set up on a tournament style payment. The top 4 chicken companies set this up like a competition and if you're not on top, you're undoubtedly living in poverty and in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to a giant company.

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No doubt. Chicken farmers get royally fricked over by the big poultry companies.

The big companies sell them the chicks at a premium price, then sell them the feed to raise them, also at a premium price, then pay them based on weight and quality in comparison to other farmers, with many barely breaking even, if that. Also, since there are so few major companies, they can easily dictate prices through "benchmarking", which is a fancy word for collusion. I heard a few years ago that a bunch of chicken farmers got together and sued the major companies under anti-trust laws with this collusion as the primary basis for the claim, but I have no idea if they got anywhere with the suit. Most likely not, since the companies have tons of money and the farmers have very little.