The objectives for the research reported here were to
collect information on possible future developments of
the pork market and to estimate economic values based
on this information. These economic values for meat
quality traits could then be used in the aggregate genotype
of the Swiss pig breeding program to replace the
currently used weights determined by desired gains. It was found that the economic values for meat quality traits using results from interviews can be estimated. This may allow one to incorporate possible future development
of the pork market into a breeding program to develop an aggregate genotype. For pig breeders, this means that the definition of the breeding objective reflects possible future developments of the pork market using systematically gathered market information. Through the process of such surveys, the pork industry has a possibility to express its economic preferences for traits that cannot yet be measured on the slaughter chain and, therefore, are not yet included in the payment system.