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Delaware Broiler Industry Maps Contract Growing Prevalence
A 1955 USDA and Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station survey shows 94 percent of broilers in lower Delaware produced under contract. Contracts varied from 75 25 to salary arrangements, with feed dealers supplying inputs and retaining title until sale. Independent growers tended to be larger and take more risk. central role of feed dealers and local processing shapes a largely self contained industry.
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