# Georgia Dock pricing indefinitely suspended | Food Business News | December 22, 2016 15:17

> The Georgia Department of Agriculture has indefinitely suspended the Georgia Dock, a wholesale chicken price index, citing a lack of submissions under new reporting rules. A replacement index, the Georgia Premium Poultry Price Index, is planned for January 2017.

- Date: 2016-12-22 · published 2016-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73618-georgia-dock-pricing-indefinitely-suspended-food-business-news-december-22-2016
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Suspension of a widely used regional benchmark reduces price transparency for chicken contracts in Georgia. The index change is a reporting issue more than a supply shift, so the direct effect on feed demand is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- foodbusinessnews.net: https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/7357-georgia-dock-pricing-indefinitely-suspended

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