2020 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 61-71
While the broiler industry in China has experienced tremendous growth，at the same time the pollution problems and food safety issues have emerged. This paper aims to clarify the correspondence of livestock farmers during the progress of integration，while at the same time considering the background of broiler industry．Survey results indicate that，the majority of livestock farmers are incorporated into contracts integrating with broiler processing companies directly or through a broker．Also，the trends of livestock farmers vary by farm size．Small-scale farmers rely on brokers to procure funds for things such as poultry houses，supply materials for production，technical support，and selling broilers，but due to the environmental regulations，they will go out of business if they are exposed．Large-scale farmers independently choose the production contracts with processing companies，and are planning further expansion of management in the future．Some mid-sized farmers rely on brokers，or others who contract with processing companies independently, and as a management trend in the future，they are standing at a branching road of having to choose between increasing the scale or maintaining the current state．As the number of small-scale farmers will decline in the future，structural reorganization will proceed in a way that the number of feeder fish becomes more concentrated in large-scale poultry management．
