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    Welcome to our Website...We look forward to serving the agricultural community

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    Loose housing and enrichment (straw and/ or toys) are becoming the new standard for all classes of pigs

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    The Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) is the on-farm food safety program for Canadian hog producers.

Pork Producer Social Responsibilty(Ontario)

Responsible farm management addresses all aspects...economic, social and environmental

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Our Local The Grey-Bruce Pork Producers Association is a branch of Ontario Pork. For 2018 we have 6 Delegates in Grey-Bruce - Harry Koelen - President - Andrew Black Vice President - Chris Cossitt - Treasurer - Bob Reid Secretary Other Delegates: Ron Harkness, Lloyd Holbrook, Fred Helwig, Brian Mizen, Floyd Cressman, Carl Russworm, Hans Swartz
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Ontario Industry There are approximately 1600 pork producers in the province of Ontario and they market 4.8 million hogs. Thirty-eight percent of all producers market between 500 and 3000 hogs per year. Over 98% of Canada’s farms are still family owned and operated. Ontario’s swine industry remains dominated by the family farm and those farmers are committed to sound farming practices.
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Sow Housing The current direction in sow housing is moving away from the traditional gestation stalls and towards housing systems that allow the unlimited movement of individual animals.
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Consumer Interest in Sow Rearing Consumer interest continues to focus on where food comes from and how it is raised. The European Union has banned the use of sow confinement stalls by 2013, and Ohio has banned the use of new gestation stalls, effective July 2010, with existing stalls to be phased out over the next 15 years.
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Swine Breeds It is believed that the majority of the breeds we now know are descended from the Eurasian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa). Archaeological evidence from the Middle East indicates domestication of the pig occurred as early as 9,000 years ago, with some evidence for domestication even earlier in China. Figurines, as well as bones, dating to the sixth and seventh millennia BC have been found at sites in the Middle East. Pigs were also a popular subject for statuettes in ancient Persia.
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Types of Operations Producers can choose the type of hog operation from the following list: Farrow to Finish, Farrow to Wean, Farrow to Feeder, Nursery, Wean to Finish, Grow-Finish ,

 

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