Confidence: Verified.
Sector reference for Ontario pork production as of May 2026. Anchors operational and pricing decisions across the hog customer base.
Per Farmtario, "Ontario hog production increases in 2025," quoting Ontario Pork chair Tara Terpstra: "The Ontario pork sector has benefited from a period of strength, and it's been driven by a lot of high prices last year and steady demand for pork."
Farrow-to-finish, farrow-to-wean, weaner-finisher, and finishing-only operations coexist.
Swine Health Ontario PED/PDCoV tracking documents ongoing biosecurity pressure. A propane run-out during a winter PED outbreak compounds welfare risk materially — operational implication captured in op-livestock-runout-tolerance-by-sector.
Ontario Pork (ontariopork.on.ca, 2024); Farmtario "Ontario hog production increases in 2025"; OMAFRA Farm Cash Receipts by County (data.ontario.ca); Swine Health Ontario.