On: U.S. chicken prices may have been artificially inf...

[jobu]

It sounds like they're only talking to chicken producers, and the producers have a pretty obvious incentive to lie to regulators if it increases the price they get for chicken.

An easy fix would be to contact retailers like Walmart or Kroger to see what they're paying for chicken. Hopefully the liars would offset and end up closer to the truth.

[ethbro → jobu]

The article notes one of the reasons this is a big deal is that major retailers use the measure, at least in part, to set their buy contracts.

[deeth_starr → jobu]

Exactly. This is an excellent idea.