# Why Chicken Producers Are Under Investigation for Price Fixing

> The Justice Department intervened in a class-action lawsuit alleging major US poultry companies, including Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride, conspired to manipulate chicken prices. The filing asks the federal court in Illinois to halt certain actions in the case.

- Date: 2019-06-25 · published 2019-06-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58749-why-chicken-producers-are-under-investigation-for-price-fixing
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A government antitrust intervention adds legal uncertainty to US chicken pricing and could pressure chicken prices and integrator margins, with limited direct effect on feed grain demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/business/chicken-price-fixing.html

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