I was reading an article where pigmen are rapidly going the way of the dinosaur! Extinct! This article said we are down to only about 2000 pork producers in Alberta!
At first I was amazed but thinking about it I realize they just may be right? It seems we have lost all of the smaller operations around here in the last ten years or so. The ones who are left are in that 250-600 sow range and it seems they all want out too! One guy I know told me he's not breeding anything after Oct. 1st. He has 600 farrow to finish and two employees. Trying to sell the barns but he says there are no buyers. He has sort of been letting things slide and his barns will soon need some major work. He said why keep losing money?
I assume the really big outfits will pick up the slack? Personally I don't mind if pigs dissappear from around here. I really don't like the smell! But without a doubt they were once a good little money maker and kept a lot of farms viable.
At first I was amazed but thinking about it I realize they just may be right? It seems we have lost all of the smaller operations around here in the last ten years or so. The ones who are left are in that 250-600 sow range and it seems they all want out too! One guy I know told me he's not breeding anything after Oct. 1st. He has 600 farrow to finish and two employees. Trying to sell the barns but he says there are no buyers. He has sort of been letting things slide and his barns will soon need some major work. He said why keep losing money?
I assume the really big outfits will pick up the slack? Personally I don't mind if pigs dissappear from around here. I really don't like the smell! But without a doubt they were once a good little money maker and kept a lot of farms viable.
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