The US Gestation Stall Debate

Lee Schulz and Glynn Tonsor

Staff General Research Papers Archive from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: While modern swine production systems rely on confinement production, there are calls to reduce or eliminate the use of gestation stalls. To understand the economic aspects of this debate, this article reviews the structural evolution of the industry, the underlying legal framework in animal welfare, and adjustments in impacted markets.

Keywords: Animal Welfare; Economics of Legislation; Gestation Stalls; pork; Swine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q11 Q13 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-09
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Published in Choices, First Quarter 2015, vol. 30 no. 1, pp. 1-7

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