BENCHMARK PRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS
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| Market pigs / sow / year |
20 - 24 |
Days in nursery barn (23kg) |
42 days |
| Piglets born live / litter |
11 |
Days in feeder barn |
110 - 115 days |
| Pigs weaned / litter |
9.8 |
Total days birth to market |
150 - 170 days |
| Litters / year |
2.3 |
Feed Conversion Ratio 5 - 23 kg |
1.75 |
| Gestation period |
116 days |
Feed Conversio Ratio 23 - 113 kg |
3.00 |
| Lactation |
16 - 19 days |
Maximum Annual Debt Payments: |
| Sows / Boar |
20 |
Per pig sold - farrow to 5 kg |
$5.00 |
| Sow Replacement Rate |
40% |
Per pig sold - 5 to 23 kg |
$2.50 |
| Boar Replacement Rate |
50% |
Per pig sold - 23 - 113 kg |
$9.00 |
| Birth to weaning (5 kg) |
16 - 19 days |
Per pig sold - farrow to finish |
$15 |
| Ten Year Average Price |
$145.50 / 100 kg of carcass weight ($66.13 / 100 lbs) |
| Operating Expenses (exlucing interest) |
| as a % of Operating Revenues (farrow to finish) |
70 - 75% |
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Manitoba is the third largest producer of pork in Canada behind Quebec and Ontario.
Production is expected to exceed 7.2 million pigs in 2003. In 2002, approximately 6.5
million Manitoba pigs were marketed, 3.0 million were exported - 2.0 million of which were
weanlings. Weanling exports are strongly influenced by the value of the Canadian dollar
and feed grain prices.
