Cull Breeding Swine Program

The application period for the Extended Cull Breeding Swine Program is now closed

Annual Report as at July 2009

This Annual Report as at July 2009 has been prepared in conformity with Article 9.01 of the Funding Agreement between the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) signed March 31, 2008 and amended May 1, 2009.

The overall objective of the Cull Breeding Swine Program (CBSP) is to help return the industry to a competitive position by:

• Reducing the size of Canada’s total breeding stock by ten percent (10%)
• Enabling some hog producers to downsize
• Assisting hog producers to address the current market situation

The CBSP was launched on April 14, 2008 and included a cull period from November 1, 2007 to November 30, 2008. This allowed producers to claim for pre-launch and post-launch culls. In other words, if a producer had not yet decided to begin or complete a cull, the CBSP provided an opportunity to be fairly compensated for reducing the herd or exiting the industry.

Annual Report