Regional Shifts in Pork Production: Implications for Competition and Food Safety

Hayri Onal (), Laurian Unnevehr and Aleksandar Bekric

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, vol. 82, issue 4, 968-978

Abstract: U.S. pork production and processing is consolidating in larger, more economically efficient units, and shifting from the Midwest into the Southeast. A regionalmodelof farm supply and processing demand shows that smaller Midwest operations can survive only if processing capacity remains concentrated in that region. Salmonella incidence is higher in the Southeast and on larger farms. Restricting salmonella incidence in hogs delivered for processing to the minimum feasible level would increase total industry costs by 3%, due to increased production and delivery costs. It would also increase the comparative advantage of farms and processing firms in the Midwest. Copyright 2000, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2000
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