Packer sorting strategies for fresh pork

Michael Boland, Kenneth Foster and Jay Akridge

Agribusiness, 1995, vol. 11, issue 5, 423-430

Abstract: Characteristics of pork packing firms pursuing a competitive strategy of product differentiation are described. Such a strategy requires a consistent, highquality raw material. Three strategies to sort pork carcasses and primal cuts in the packing plant are detailed. A multivariate simulation replicated two distributions (based upon genetics) of hogs that a focus-differentiation packer might purchase: an average industry distribution and a lean, more uniform distribution. The results indicated that the leaner distribution had more loins and hams within the packer's desired weight range which provides an economic incentive to focus-differentiation packers for procuring leaner hogs. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(199509/10)11:5<423::AID-AGR2720110505>3.0.CO;2-X

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