Introduction: The Industrial Organization of Food and Agriculture

After a brief synopsis of the main avenues of research on the industrial organization of food and agriculture, I introduce and discuss the six articles that make up this Special Issue of the Review . The articles draw on novel databases to explore price transmission and supply response in processing tomatoes; concentration and competition in the meatpacking industries; communication and collusion in broiler production; concentration and research competition in genetically engineered seeds; price transmission from agricultural commodities through to retail prices; and the effect of store entry on prices for nearby retailers.