Ag Business Development
- starting a value-added business
- new uses, new opportunities
- business topics
- value-added agriculture topics
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ag Business Development Division
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Toll-Free Number:
(866) 466-8283
abd@mda.mo.gov
www.mda.mo.gov
Ag Business Development
Pork
General Pork Resources:- Iowa Pork Industry Center
- The Iowa Ag Opportunities website provides a business start-up manual to move you up the food chain; provides case studies. Also provides a resource manual called “Adding Value to Pork Production: A Business Start-Up Manual to Move You Up the Chain” for pork value-added projects.
- PORK Magazine
- University of Nebraska Pork Central
- University of Illinois Pork website (University of Illinois)
- University of Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program Swine Focus Team
- “Planning to Prosper: Recalling lessons learned from livestock slaughter and meat packing co-ops” (USDA/Rural Business Cooperatives Services)
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“Is a National Pork Marketing Cooperative Viable?” (pdf)
(NCR-194 Research on Cooperatives) - “Alternative Marketing for Pork” and “Alternative Meat Marketing” (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas)
- “Profile of the Agricultural Livestock Production Industry” (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Missouri Pork Producers Association, (573) 445-8375
- National Pork Board
- Pork Producers Looking to Value-added Products for More Profitability (Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Case studies of Niman Ranch Pork, West Liberty Foods, LamPost Meats, Nahunta Pork, Goridto’s Meats (included in the “Adding Value to Pork Production: A Business Start-Up Manual to Move You Up the Chain” and “Adding Value to Beef Production: A Business Start-Up Manual to Move You Up the Chain” (produced by Iowa State University)
- Niman Ranch Pork, which is a network of farmers using strict production protocols which include treating animals humanely, feeding them all-natural feeds, and allowing them to mature naturally.
- ValAdCo Pork Cooperative