# Tyson Foods: Profits Slump After Chicken Plant Fires | Fortune

> Tyson Foods reported a 21% drop in quarterly profit, attributed to fires at two chicken plants. The Florida attorney general has requested information on possible anticompetitive conduct tied to the Georgia Dock chicken pricing index.

- Date: 2017-05-08 · published 2017-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71148-tyson-foods-profits-slump-after-chicken-plant-fires-fortune
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lost processing capacity at major plants reduces near-term chicken output and demand for feed. Antitrust scrutiny of pricing could affect how chicken prices are set.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fortune.com: https://fortune.com/2017/05/08/tyson-foods-profits-fires/

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