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Table 5a. Manure storage systems on hog farms,1 by size of herd, Canada, 2001

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 Manure storage system
Size of hog herd
Fewer than 566 head2 566 to 981 head2 982 to 1,594 head2
Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 %
Unlined lagoon 345 6.1 F F X X
Open tank 910 16.0 650 39.6 800 38.1
Tank below slated floor 580 10.2 375 22.9 410 19.5
Sealed, covered tank 480 8.5 F F F F
All other types of liquid manure storage systems 170E 3.0E F F F F
All types of liquid manure storage systems 2,485 43.8 1,360 82.9 1,810 86.2
All types of solid manure storage systems 3,190 56.2 280 17.1 290 13.8
All types of manure storage systems 5,675 100 1,640 100 2,100 100
 
Manure storage system
Size of hog herd 
1,595 or more head2 All large herds (566
or more head)2
All herd sizes
Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 % Number of structures3 %
Unlined lagoon 315 11.1 685 10.4 1,030 8.4
Open tank 835 29.5 2,285 34.8 3,195 26.1
Tank below slated floor 625 22.1 1,410 21.5 1,990 16.3
Sealed, covered tank 170E 6.0E F F F F
All other types of liquid manure storage systems 440 15.5 F F F F
All types of liquid manure storage systems 2,385 84.3 5,555 84.6 8,040 65.7
All types of solid manure storage systems 445 15.7 1,015 15.4 4,205 34.3
All types of manure storage systems 2,830 100 6,570 100 12,245 100
Note: Figures refer to number of manure storage structures and are not comparable to those in Table 9b. 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. Number of hogs.
3. Manure storage structures.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey.