Table 10. Liquid manure storage capacity on hog farms,1 by size of herd, Canada, 2001

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Liquid manure storage capacity on hog farms,¹ by size of herd, Canada, 2001

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Number of days of manure production that can be stored	Size of hog herd
	Fewer than 566 head²		566 to 981 head²		982 to 1,594 head²		1,595 or more head²
	Number of farms	%	Number of farms	%	Number of farms	%	Number of farms	%
100 days or less	470	19.5	165	13.5	230	14.6	130	6.8
101 to 150 days	225	9.4	80	6.5	35	2.2	70	3.7
151 to 200 days	410	17.0	200	16.3	170	10.8	140	7.4
201 to 250 days	300	12.5	200	16.3	295	18.8	330	17.4
251 to 300 days	460	19.1	300	24.5	280	17.8	425	22.4
301 to 400 days	390	16.2	220	18.0	380	24.2	400	21.1
401 days or more	145	6.0	55	4.5	175	11.1	410	21.6
Total	2,400	100	1,220	100	1,565	100	1,905	100
Note: Figures refer to number of farms and are not comparable to those in Table 5. Due to rounding, figures may not add up to totals.
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.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey.