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Agman:
What portion has the packer taken? Has it increased or decreased?
Since you never know anything factual I will inform you that the packers share has declined by approximately three percentage points more than the producer's share since 1970. One more of your phony theories just got shot down a black hole.
Agman, everything depends on time periods when doing market power analysis. Do you understand that? You claimed that packer margins have decreased 3%. In fact, broiler prices for Tyson, and they are the largest broiler producer in the world, are up from about 52 cents per lb. to some pretty big highs down to right now around 72 cents for the whole bird. For your convenience, I have used Georgia Dock prices for the poultry and I have used the whole bird number. That gets rid of your little processing adds value argument.
When you go up from 52 cents to 72 cents, that is an increase of 20 cents per lb. but an increase of 38.46%. During this same time, feed prices have decreased. The actual dollar amount the farmers recieved for this increase on a real basis actually declined.
This makes your little 3% decrease a little suspect, doesn't it? Stop calling the victory in your little posts when you don't have all the facts. It kind of makes you look a little stupid to be calling other people names of judgement when yours has been lacking. Your arguments are a little more than phony.
You are probably just a Tyson market analyst that sometimes gives a little information about what you know on this board to make it look like you know so much and your judgement should be trusted. Talk about a black hole.