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Table 2e. Manure storage systems,1 by type of livestock, Alberta, 2001

Standard symbols

Manure storage system Dairy cattle Beef cattle Hogs
Thousands of animals % Thousands of animals % Thousands of animals %
Liquid manure storage systems
Unlined lagoon 26.8 16.1 F F 426.8E 22.0E
Lined lagoon 6.4E 3.8E X X F F
Open tank X X X X F F
Tank below slatted floor 7.6 4.6 X X 280.0 14.4
Sealed, covered tank X X 0 0.0 F F
Other types of liquid manure storage systems X X X X X X
Total liquid manure storage systems 45.5 27.4 X X 1,472.4 75.8
Solid or semi-solid manure storage systems
Open pile on the ground without a roof 50.6 30.5 1,291.3 49.5 F F
Open pile on the ground with a roof F F 33.9E 1.3E F F
Manure pack in barns, pens or corrals 54.5E 32.8E 902.8 34.6 F F
Open pad without run-off containment F F F F X X
Open pad with containment F F F F X X
Covered storage pad X X X X 0 0.0
Other types of solid or semi-solid manure storage systems X X 91.6E 3.5E X X
Total solid manure storage systems 120.7 72.6 X X 470.8E 24.2E
All types of manure storage systems 166.2 100 2,611.4 100 1,943.2 100

Note: Due to rounding, figures may not add 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 livestock on farms with manure storage systems.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey.