Second Look: Downsizing the Ontario pork industry: how small is too small?

If production continues to decrease, then at what point does Ontario production become too low to support the viability of the current Ontario processing sector capacity?

by RANDY DUFFY

The Ontario pork industry has undergone a significant reduction in production. The breeding herd has shrunk by 109,000 sows in six years. This is a decline of 25 per cent since the peak of 433,300 sows in April 2004.

Better Pork - June 2010