Perth County Pork Producers Association Questionnaire
 
 
Please mark either the Yes or No column Yes 
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No 
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Should government legislate workers of Quality Packers back to work until the crisis is over? 89 11
Schould government legislate control of a floor price (comparable to the minimum wages that the rest of society benefits from?) 81 19
Is the main source of expansion the family farm? 10 90
Is the main source of expansion vertical integration? 86 14
Should there be legislation to prevent vertical integrators from owning pigs? 84 16
Should government support vertical integration in the Farm Disaster Program? 8 92
Is the hog industry following the pattern of the potato industry? 94 6
Does the government think this is a crisis or rather a natural process of elimination? 65 35
Would you support our Marketing Board cancelling all contracts between producers and processors and take complete control of the marketing of all hogs in Ontario immediately? 80 20
Should OPPMB have full control of all producer/processor contracts? 88 12
Should there be a moratorium on new sow barns across North America for one year? 87 13
Should a Nutrient Management Plan be required on all livestock barns? 79 21
Should the packers consider dropping the live weight of hogs to reduce the quantity of meat hitting the market place? 76 24
Should OPPMB allow packers to bid at 92% of  formula? 8 92
Would producers be interested in a 50/50 joint venture in a state of art packing and processing plant for approximately 50,000 hogs with Quality Packers? 89 11
Is supply management an option? 57 43
Does contracting reduce or eliminate competitive bidding on hogs? 89 11
Is total integration one step away from controlling the price of hogs? 94 6
Should government designate funds to encourage increased slaughtering capacity? 81 19
Should a packer be able to dictate what feed, genetics and trucker you have to use if the quality you produce is of equal quality? 5 95
Should we thoroughly investigate the Quebec system and how it could apply here? 94 6
Should contracts be eliminated? 72 28
 
293 Questionaires were returned.



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