Beef prices at grocery stores are lower. So, too, are pork prices. But chicken? Steady as she goes.
A glut of corn and soybeans has led to lower prices for a variety of meats. But chicken in grocery stores has bucked the trend, leaving prices up for shoppers and buoying the fortunes of major chicken producers.
Why the prices have diverged remains largely a mystery. But much of the scrutiny is focused on the Georgia Dock, a chicken pricing index that is obscure outside the food industry but widely used by grocery stores in America when buying chicken from producers.
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