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Changing Swine Production And Market Movement Patterns In South Dakota, Late 1950'S To 1980, Larry Janssen
Changing Swine Production And Market Movement Patterns In South Dakota, Late 1950'S To 1980, Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
Several major changes in production and marketing patterns of South Dakota swine producers from the late 1950's to 1980 are examined in this report.
Swine Marketing In South Dakota: Results Of A Producer Survey, Larry Janssen, Kevin K. Weischedel
Swine Marketing In South Dakota: Results Of A Producer Survey, Larry Janssen, Kevin K. Weischedel
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota is one of the top 10 hog production states with about 3 m111ion hogs and pigs marketed and 3.2 million hogs slaughtered in the state each year. This totals 3-4 percent of the nation's hog supply. With ample supplies of available land, labor, and feed grain there is considerable potential for further growth of the South Dakota pork industry if the expansion can be based on profitable production and marketing prospects for producers. In 1980, a pork marketing study was initiated by SDSU to obtain current infonnation on: 1) Organization of hog production and marketing in South Dakota, …