Production and Marketing Characteristics of U.S. Pork Producers, 2000
By John D. Lawrence Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics Iowa State University and Glenn Grimes
Professor Emeritus, Ag. Economics Dept. University of Missouri - It is an obvious understatement that the U.S. pork industry is changing. It is a more daunting task to quantify how it is changing, what is driving it, and what it may look like in the future. Researchers at the University of Missouri (Rhodes), and more recently Iowa State University, have chronicled pork industry changes for over 25 years, and with the help of PORK magazine have taken a snapshot for the year 2000.