Does the chicken industry pluck farmers?

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By Nathanael JohnsonNov 16, 2015, 6:08 pm140 pts
Since the end of World War II, poultry companies have been fine-tuning a system that gets farmers to compete to grow the most poultry. It’s called the tournament payment system, and by now it’s fiercely efficient, rewarding farmers who churn out big chickens on the cheap and penalizing those who don’t.…

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