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     1        A.  And those that supply weaners for the Freedom Food
     2        system are bought in at 40 kilogrammes.
     3
     4   Q.   What percentage of the 35,000 finishing herd would be
     5        bought in then?
     6        A.  Are you quoting figures in here, are you not, now?
     7
     8   Q.   Yes.
     9        A.  That is a little bit out of date.  It is a little bit
    10        larger now.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Give an up-to-date figure, if you like, but
    13        answer Ms. Steel's question about the percentage.
    14        A.  Which are bought in from outside weaners, roughly 50
    15        per cent.
    16
    17   MS. STEEL:   Would that be similar to the pigs that you buy for
    18        the slaughterhouses?  The vast majority would be the pigs
    19        that are raised, the weaners that are raised indoors rather
    20        than outdoor ones?
    21        A.  No, they will be the biggest majority, those reared
    22        outdoors.
    23
    24   Q.   What percentage then?
    25        A.  70 per cent, something like that, 75.
    26
    27   Q.   75 per cent of the 35,000?
    28        A.  No.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  What percentage of the pigs which go
    31        into the finishing units are bought in?
    32        A.  About 50 per cent.  We produce about 50 per cent from
    33        our own farms, roughly.
    34
    35   MR. MORRIS:  And 75 per cent of them, you think, would be raised
    36        outdoors?
    37        A.  Roughly.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:   What percentage of the pigs that are bought in for
    40        slaughter are brought in company vehicles and what would be
    41        contracted vehicles?
    42        A.  About 75 per cent are brought in by our own company
    43        vehicles.
    44
    45   Q.   The company ones are the ones that have hydraulically
    46        operated decks?
    47        A.  Correct.
    48
    49   Q.   Whereas the contracted ones would not?
    50        A.  Incorrect. 
    51 
    52   Q.   They have all got hydraulically operated decks? 
    53        A.  No.  By far the biggest majority have hydraulically
    54        operated decks.  To my knowledge, there is only two people
    55        who supply to us with the first deck solid.
    56
    57   Q.   The hydraulically operated decks reduces the amount of
    58        stress in the pigs, do they not?
    59        A.  Yes.
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