Niche markets of agricultural products are experiencing rapid growth. One suchniche market is organic pork. Organic pork production is a relatively new and expandingsegment of the pork industry. Similar to some other niche markets, it has also experiencedrapid growth (Organic Trade...

We study business organization and coordination of specialty-market hog production using a comparative analysis of two Iowa pork niche-marketing firms. We describe and analyze each firm's management of five key organizational challenges: planning and logistics, quality assurance, process...

Bid data from a Vickrey auction for pork chops with embedded environmental attributes were analyzed. It was found that approximately 62% of the participants had a positive WTP for the most "environmentally friendly" package of pork. Thirty percent of the participants had no WTP, and 8% had a...