# Chicken Prices Under Scrutiny as New Rules Set to Kick In - WSJ

> Major poultry companies including Pilgrim's Pride and Tyson Foods must submit documents verifying data used in the Georgia Dock index starting Monday. It is the first major formula change in more than four decades, amid questions about the index's accuracy.

- Date: 2016-11-22 · published 2016-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73990-chicken-prices-under-scrutiny-as-new-rules-set-to-kick-in-wsj
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter reporting rules for the benchmark may lift or reset chicken prices used at retail, which affects broiler demand for feed grains and meal.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- wsj.com: https://www.wsj.com/articles/poultry-companies-face-new-rules-for-chicken-pricing-index-1479810608

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