Economic and Structural Relationships in U.S. Hog Production
By William D. McBride and Nigel Key, U.S.D.A., ERS - Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER818) - Rapid change in the size and ownership structure of U.S. hog production has created new and varied challenges for the industry. This report describes an industry becoming increasingly concentrated among fewer and larger farms, and becoming more economically efficient. These changes have not come without problems.
2 March 2003
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