Premium Pork is a farrow to finish system with over 40,000 sows in Canada that finishes all of its commercial hogs in the United States. Reasons for doing this includes cheap feed for finishing hogs in the USA, better packer-producer relationships in the USA, low health status due to low pig density in Canada, decline of the Canadian dollar, and country of origin labeling. Premium Pork has built partners with local farmers, partners with packers, uses Genetiporc genetics (Quebec genetics company), has American grow-finish partners, treats employees well, and has a relationship with several Canadian nutrition companies. Using tight biosecurity regulations, good food safety procedures (such as HACCP), environmentally sound and quality production practices, Premium Pork has grown into the second largest sow herd in Canada.