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The Alberta hog industry problem of the 1960s: its definition and resolution

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  • M.H. Hawkins
  • M.L. Lerohl

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The hog industry in Western Canada in 1960s was in a state of turmoil associated with a vague, poorly understood production and marketing problem. Hog production was largely a supplementary farm activity producing an overfat product increasingly shunned by consumers. The structure, and also probably the existence, of the industry was in question. During the following 20 years, the industry changed fundamentally as various groups achieved a better definition and understanding of the problem. A reshaping of the industry was carried out by farmers, the Provincial Government, and a variety of agricultural professionals concerned with industry structure, emerging pork markets, physical characteristics of the product, and creation of a policy environment that provided incentives for output and productivity growth. The outcome has been the development of a viable pork industry in the Province (in spite of some past and continuing hindrances to industry growth) that has substantially solved the problem.

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  • M.H. Hawkins & M.L. Lerohl, 1991. "The Alberta hog industry problem of the 1960s: its definition and resolution," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 5(3), pages 211-222, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:5:y:1991:i:3:p:211-222
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1991.tb00153.x
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