Vertical Coordination in the U.S. Pork Industry: Status Motivations, and Expectations

John D. Lawrence, V. James Rhodes and Marvin L. Hayenga

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

Abstract: In addition to horizontal consolidation at the input, production, and processing subsectors, the US pork industry is becoming more vertically aligned. The largest hog producers and pork processors were surveyed regarding their involvement in vertical coordination arrangements and their plans for future involvement in such programs. Motivation for entering these vertical agreements was examined as was the rate of adoption. Structural and regional implications of these results for the pork industry are discussed.

Date: 1997-01-01
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Published in Agribusiness: An International Journal, January/February 1997, vol. 13 no. 1, pp. 21-32

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