POPM 4230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gestation Crate, Intestinal Villus, Feral Pig
20 Jan 2017
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1. 3 billion pigs marketed worldwide each year. 43% of all meat consumed is pork. 103 million tonnes of pork produced each year. As the world population expands, so does the population of pigs. As the economics of developing countries increases, pork consumption increases. Imported pigs are cheaper to raise than ruminants in developing countries: as they become more sustainable, getting into pork production. Pork industry is an economically important agricultural export commodity: 2010: can exported 2. 77 billion of pork to over 130 countries, 2010: can exported 1. 42 billion of beef to over 70 countries. Pork export: 3rd highest farm gate income behind wheat and canola. 2010: 22. 2 million head of swine produced. Canada is the #1 exporter of live swine: live pigs have high health standard, #2 is china/japan. ~6. 0 million live pigs exported per year (most to the usa: 54% early weaned or feeder pigs, 43% market weight pigs, 3% as sows and boars.
