In many ways, the Hungarian pork chain faces considerable disadvantages when compared to the
situation in competing countries. In countries endowed with a modern meat chain, heavy concentration is the
rule, but in Hungary decentralization still prevails, although thankfully the chain is not disintegrating even
further. In our research we used the operation of co-operatives as a model in terms of a generalized network
problem. The model allows the quantification of the number of pigs from given farms to slaughterhouses, the
maximum sales revenue, the delivery threshold prices, and an analysis of the impact co-operative members
exert on sales revenues.
