Keyword: vertical integration

Milked to Order (6/22/2006)

Milk price support has discouraged vertical integration in the milk industry that might have led to cheaper milk for and lower tax on milk consumers.

Keywords: Hettinga, market intervention, milk price support, processors vs farmers, vertical integration

The Rise of Chicken (9/7/2005)

By vertically integrating the chicken business and applying quality control and standardization to all the steps from production to marketing, Tyson Foods has brought better and cheaper chicken to consumers, higher wages to workers and fatter returns to shareholders in a once low-profit commodity business.

Keywords: brands, chicken, mechanization, profit margin, standardization, technology, Tyson Foods, vertical integration, wages