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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 | F | F | X | X | X | X |
| Open tank | 255 | 11.6 | 340 | 44.4 | 245 | 33.3 |
| Tank below slated floor | 220 | 10.0 | 230 | 30.1 | 225 | 30.6 |
| Sealed, covered tank | 225 | 10.3 | X | X | X | X |
| All other types of liquid manure storage systems | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| All types of liquid manure storage systems | 790 | 36.0 | X | X | X | X |
| All types of solid manure storage systems | 1,405 | 64.0 | X | X | X | X |
| All types of manure storage systems | 2,195 | 100 | 765 | 100 | 735 | 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 | F | F | 100 | 4.0 | 160 | 3.4 |
| Open tank | 285 | 28.2 | 870 | 34.7 | 1,125 | 23.9 |
| Tank below slated floor | 420 | 41.6 | 875 | 34.9 | 1,095 | 23.3 |
| Sealed, covered tank | F | F | 215 | 8.5 | 440 | 9.3 |
| All other types of liquid manure storage systems | F | F | 85 | 3.4 | 115 | 2.4 |
| All types of liquid manure storage systems | 870 | 86.1 | 2,140 | 85.3 | 2,930 | 62.3 |
| All types of solid manure storage systems | 140E | 13.9E | 370 | 14.7 | 1,775 | 37.7 |
| All types of manure storage systems | 1,010 | 100 | 2,510 | 100 | 4,705 | 100 |
| Note: Figures refer to number of manure storage structures and are not comparable to those in Table 9a. 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. | ||||||