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A special report by: National Pork Board, Pfizer Animal Health, and National Hog Farmer.

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Pork production has evolved from relatively small, family-run operations toward large-scale operations with several employees. Important questions about the structure of compensation in this rapidly changing labor market are answered using probit and ordered probit models and data from a...

Kliebenstein, J., T. Hurley, and P. Orazem. "Personnel Management Issues and Job Satisfaction in Pork Production," Proceedings of Swine Educators Seminar, National Pork Producers Council, September 1996.

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Data on attendees at the World Pork Expo from 1991-1995 are used to evaluate the impact of farming generally, and hog farming and confinement operations more specifically, on the measured health outcomes of participants. Hog farming is found to increase risk of lost hand strength and respiratory...

The rapid expansion of large-scale pork production has been accompanied by increasing concerns regarding potential detrimental consequences of environmental hazards on the health of producers. This study makes use of health indicators obtained from attendees at the World Pork Expo between 1991...

Pork production has been evolving from relatively small, family- run operations toward large-scale operations with several employees. This study uses a national survey of pork producers and their employees to answer several questions about the structure of wages and benefits in this rapidly...