Economic research

Alberta Pork's 2019 Cost of Production Study final report is now available. For more information, and to contribute to Alberta Pork's 2020 study, visit the Cost of Production webpage.

Find the latest Alberta Pork economics articles highlighting our work:

• Quebec pig pricing: comparison to western Canada (March 31, 2021)
• Quebec pig pricing: breaking down the numbers (March 30, 2021)
• Feed costs affect a producer's bottom line (December 21, 2020)
• Olymel's 2021 contract: how does it stack up? (December 9, 2020)
• BRM still important despite barriers (October 21, 2020)
• Price negotiating power balance hurts producers (September 21, 2020)
• Low pig prices prompt production cutbacks (August 25, 2020)
• Price indexing: does it pay to produce better-quality pigs? (July 23, 2020)
• Hog price calculator now available (July 22, 2020)
• Sharing the value of western Canadian pigs: an update (July 17, 2020)
• Economic tools highlight a system in need of change (May 5, 2020)
• Production Economist joins Alberta Pork (November 8, 2019)

Find the latest hog economic research combining recent information from academia and industry:

• Western Canadian pricing: shared value for shared success
• Made-in-Canada hog pricing
• Benefit-cost analysis of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Technology adoption by Alberta hog producers
• Economic impact of pork production in Alberta