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Table 4f. Manure storage systems on beef farms, 1 by size of herd, Saskatchewan, 2001

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Manure storage system Size of beef herd
Fewer than 163 head2 163 to 281 head2 282 to 425 head2 426 to 1,241 head2
Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 %
Open pile on the ground without a roof 5,400 48.0 850 49.3 330 43.7 X X
Manure pack in barns, pens or corrals 3,755 33.4 670 38.8 240 31.8 X X
All other solid manure storage systems 2,095 18.5 180E 11.9E 200E 24.5E X X
All solid manure storage systems4 11,250 100 1,700 100 770 100 375 100
 
Manure storage system Size of beef herd
1,242 or more head2 All large herds (163 or more head)2 All herd sizes
Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 %
Open pile on the ground without a roof X X 1,400 47.9 6,800 48.0
Manure pack in barns, pens or corrals F F 1,095 37.5 4,850 34.2
All other solid manure storage systems X X 425 14.6 2,520 17.8
All solid manure storage systems4 75 100 2,920 100 14,170 100
Note: Due to rounding, figures may not add up to totals.
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published.
X supressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
1. Includes only farms with manure storage systems. For details on the methodology used for the size breakdown, see Appendix 2.
2. Head of beef cattle.
3. Manure storage structures.
4. Does not include liquid manure storage structures due to secrecy requirements of the Statistics act.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey.