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Table 11. Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) for manure management on farms with manure storage, Canada and provinces, 2001

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   Extent of BMP implementation
BMP fully implemented BMP partially implemented BMP not available for my region BMP not relevant for my operation Unfamiliar with the BMP for my region
Number of farms % Number of farms % Number of farms % Number of farms % Number of farms %
Canada
Liquid manure storage 8,645 52.5 3,470 21.1 120 0.7 410 2.5 3,830 23.3
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 21,170 26.2 15,385 19.0 1,765 2.2 6,705 8.3 35,920 44.4
Newfoundland and Labrador
Liquid manure storage F F X X 0 0.0 0 0.0 X X
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 65 54.2 X X X X 0 0.0 45 37.5
Prince Edward Island
Liquid manure storage 40 44.4 30 33.3 X X X X X X
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 300 33.7 240 27.0 X X X X 315 35.4
Nova Scotia
Liquid manure storage 40 13.3 30 10.0 25 8.3 0 0.0 215E 71.7E
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 180 14.2 215 16.9 X X X X 800 63.0
New Brunswick
Liquid manure storage X X X X X X X X 35 21.9
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 170 16.9 X X X X 95 9.5 550 54.7
Quebec
Liquid manure storage 5,160 76.8 1,220 18.2 X X X X 155 2.3
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 8,015 58.4 3,715 27.1 130 0.9 935 6.8 925 6.7
Ontario
Liquid manure storage 1,885 35.2 1,610 30.0 X X X X 1,710 31.9
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 3,945 17.8 5,440 24.5 470 2.1 1,900 8.6 10,470 47.1
Manitoba
Liquid manure storage 470 39.7 185 15.6 X X X X 520 43.9
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 2,600 30.8 1,360 16.1 210 2.5 560 6.6 3,730 44.1
Saskatchewan
Liquid manure storage 80 16.8 X X X X X X 345 72.6
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 1,850 13.8 1,215 9.1 660 4.9 1,180 8.8 8,505 63.5
Alberta
Liquid manure storage 430 31.9 195 14.4 X X X X 675 50.0
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 2,845 16.8 2,490 14.7 125 0.7 1,555 9.2 9,890 58.5
British Columbia
Liquid manure storage 465 58.9 145 18.4 X X X X 145 18.4
Solid or semi-solid manure storage 1,210 40.7 540 18.2 110 3.7 425 14.3 690 23.2
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published.
X supressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
Note: Due to rounding, figures may not add to totals. 
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey.