The Rural Voice, 2002-05, Page 35Food Research in Ontario prov ide
some startling figures. In the 40 years
after 1951 the numher of Ontario
dairy farmers dropped from 40,00010
9,757. During the same period the
number of pork producers fell from
93,564 to 8,940. Economics is not
the only factor at work but it has a
ron.idctahlr Impact on the process.
hi\ i1end towards intensive
T
ll, r.t14rk operations shows no
.Irn, Of slowing down. A
study of building permits issued
between 1996 and 2000 shows that a
new livestock barn kw cattle, pigs or
poultry came into production every
10 days on average in l luron County.
I he' ' barns typically have four or
Inc' Innes. the number of animals per
bulldinp than ,In average barn in
1906.
The number of hogs marketed per
producer rose by over 80 per cent
between 1996 and 1999. Hog
production rose 54 per cent while the
number of producers dropped by 15
per cent.
Livestock is not spread evenly over
the whole county. According to the
1996 farm census Grey and Howick
Twps. have a livestock density three
times greater than Hay.
The figures for building permits
issued for Targe barns indicates that
during the last few years the density
of large farm operations steadily
increased in Grey and Howick as
well as McKillop Twps. This may be
changing.
Knight commented in reference to
location, "a lot of it was economics
— as land prices have gone up the
building activity seems to be
moving."
The new farm practices are not
solely the result of economics.
Advances in science and technology
have allowed the farmer to expand
his operations. Neil McGavin, a farm
machinery dealer, comments that
modern equipment allows the farmer
to crop more land with Tess physical
effort.
He says they are using illy
from computers and global pose'
systems to u►creast. their yields .., .1
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