Environmental and economic impact assessments of environmental regulations for the agriculture sector : Impact of environmental regulations on hog farms in Canada

With this purpose in mind, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has commissioned a series of studies to increase the policy makers’ and industry’s understanding of the impact and role of environmental regulations in the farming sector. [...] Environmental and Economic Impact Assessments of Environmental Regulations for the Agriculture Sector: 4 A Case Study of Hog Farming Executive summary ◆ When the restrictiveness ratings were compared using research conducted by Debailleul and Boutin (2004)1, Quebec had the most comprehensive set of environmental regulations of the provinces with the presence of regulations in all eight categories: [...] Environmental and Economic Impact Assessments of Environmental Regulations for the Agriculture Sector: A Case Study of Hog Farming 7 1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this project is to provide an ex-post economic and environmental impact assess- ment of environmental regulations affecting hog farms in Canada. [...] Environmental and Economic Impact Assessments of Environmental Regulations for the Agriculture Sector: A Case Study of Hog Farming 9 Introduction and background SECTION 2 Overview of the hog industry and related environmental concerns 2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE HOG INDUSTRY AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS The purpose of the overview is to understand the structure of the hog farming industry in Can- ad [...] The concentration of particular pollutants in manure varies with the type of hog, the size, matu- rity, and health of the individual animal, and the composition (e.g., protein content) of the feed (US EPA, 2001).