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Judge rules Pilgrim Progress manipulated poultry price

Sunday, December 4, 2011

According to the online newspaper Anti-Trust Today, Peter Carson, an antitrust law professor at the University of Wisconsin, says a federal ruling against the largest chicken processor in the United States may open up a new avenue for farmers to sue processors in beef and pork markets as well.

In early October, a federal judge ruled that Pilgrim's Progress knowingly manipulated the price of chicken in 2009 by closing a processing plant in El Dorado, Ark. Pilgrim's Progress "was motivated by a desire to manipulate the price of chicken," U.S. federal magistrate Charles Everingham ruled. The judge ordered Pilgrim to pay 91 Arkansas producers nearly $26 million. The ruling stated that the Packers and Stockyards Act was violated.

Suits filed by growers in Louisiana and Texas are still pending. The company had filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008. BF

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