Introduction : the basics of the food industry -- Cost economics for processing plants -- Pricing economics for food processing -- Trade among regions -- The economics of storage -- Plant location and size decisions -- Risk management -- The economics of the marketing sector -- Price...

A model was developed to determine the optimal slaughter weights of pigs with heterogeneous growth raised in a 1,000 head barn and marketed in truckload groups. Under commonly used revenue schemes, which include discounts for weight and leanness, the optimal strategy was to market one or two...