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Penning system – the sows are in crate stands (sow feeding pen / resting area), which allows for good individual sow management
Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus), which is eaten in many countries.
The Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) is the on-farm food safety program for Canadian hog producers.

Bill 36, Local Food Act, 2013(Ontario)

The Local Food Act, 2013 is enacted. Highlights of the Act are as follows: ...

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Alt text — Our Local The Grey-Bruce Pork Producers Association is a branch of Ontario Pork. For 2015 we have 6 Delegates in Grey-Bruce - Andrew Black - President - Bob Reid Vice President - Chris Cossitt - Secretary/ Treasurer -Wilma Jeffray, Lloyd Holbrook, and Harry Koelen, -and there are substitute Delegates, Ron Harkness, Fred Helwig, Brian Mizen, Ross Jeffrey, Carl Russworm, Adrian Zekveld, Floyd Cressman

Alt text — 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.

Alt text — 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.

Alt text — 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.

Alt text — 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.

Alt text — 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 ,