The Effects of Large-Scale Hog Production on Local Labor Markets
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Although the negative externalities of large-scale hog production have been well studied,
econometric estimates of its potentially positive labor markets effects are lacking.We use the
geographic shifts in large-scale hog production between 1992 and 2007 to estimate such
production’s effects on local farm and nonfarm labor markets. We find that every additional
1000 head at large-scale facilities in a county generates 0.57 additional large-scale hog operation
jobs, 0.04 fewer small-scale hog operation jobs, 0.16 fewer nonhog-related agricultural
jobs, and 0.59 additional nonfarm jobs, for a total of 0.96 jobs. Our total estimate is
lower than previous ones based on input–output modeling.