Building or Expanding a Barn?
Saskatchewan offers opportunities for new barn development and contract finishing.
Saskatchewan is Canada’s fifth largest pork producing province. Our abundance of available feed grains, large arable land base suitable for environmentally safe production and long distances between farms, make Saskatchewan an ideal location for raising hogs.
Pork production is technologically advanced, efficient and highly productive. Our audited on-farms food safety and animal care programs ensure consistently high quality pork. Today we produce about 2.0 million hogs per year and export significant quantities of pork and live pigs inter-provincially and internationally.
Our producers’ optimism drives innovation and growth and their strong commitment to investing in animal care, swine health and production efficiencies research ensures they continue to evolve their operations and adapt new technology on the farm.
The Saskatchewan hog industry employs more than 1000 people in urban and rural communities and contributes significant economic spinoffs to these regions. About 71% of a farm’s expenditures are spent within 80 kms of the operation. In addition, hog manure is an extremely valuable, nutrient-dense natural fertilizer that can add value to local grain production.
Getting Started!
Livestock Development Checklist
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture recommends that any new or expanding livestock operations complete this checklist to ensure operational and regulatory requirements are met prior to the permitting process. The Ministry is responsible for The Agriculture Operations Act.Article: Should You Build a New Barn or Retrofit? by Treena Hein, Better Pork Magazine
Regulation of Intensive Livestock Operations in Saskatchewan
For additional information for opportunities in hog production call Sask Pork at (306) 244-7752 or email info@saskpork.com.