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| Manure storage system |
Dairy cattle |
Beef cattle |
Hogs |
| Thousands of animals |
% |
Thousands of animals |
% |
Thousands of animals |
% |
| Liquid manure storage systems |
| Unlined lagoon |
292 |
11.9 |
F |
F |
1,423 |
12.4 |
| Lined lagoon |
99 |
4.1 |
16E |
0.2E |
1,345 |
11.7 |
| Open tank |
421 |
17.2 |
F |
F |
3,491 |
30.4 |
| Tank below slatted floor |
105 |
4.3 |
F |
F |
2,433 |
21.2 |
| Sealed, covered tank |
65 |
2.7 |
F |
F |
596 |
5.2 |
| Other types of liquid manure storage systems |
64 |
2.6 |
F |
F |
548E |
4.8E |
| Total for liquid manure storage systems |
1,046 |
42.7 |
415E |
6.1E |
9,837 |
85.7 |
| Solid or semi-solid manure storage systems |
| Open pile on the ground without a roof |
503 |
20.5 |
3,202 |
47.1 |
434 |
3.8 |
| Open pile on the ground with a roof |
37 |
1.5 |
141 |
2.1 |
F |
F |
| Manure pack in barns, pens or corrals |
215 |
8.8 |
2,090 |
30.7 |
F |
F |
| Open pad without run-off containment |
149 |
6.1 |
306 |
4.5 |
94 |
0.8 |
| Open pad with containment |
301 |
12.3 |
253 |
3.7 |
140 |
1.2 |
| Covered storage pad |
83 |
3.4 |
48E |
0.7E |
F |
F |
| Other types of solid or semi-solid manure storage systems |
114 |
4.6 |
345 |
5.1 |
F |
F |
| Total solid or semi-solid manure storage systems |
1,403 |
57.3 |
6,386 |
93.9 |
1,643 |
14.3 |
| All types of manure storage systems |
2,449 |
100 |
6,801 |
100 |
11,480 |
100 |
| Note: Due to rounding, figures may not add to totals. |
| E use with caution |
| F too unreliable to be published. |
| 1. Includes only livestock on farms with
manure storage systems. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management
Survey. |
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