Prices farmers received for their commodities fell 15.7 per cent in September 2009 from the same month a year earlier, as both the crops index and the livestock and animal […] Read more
Crop, livestock prices slip from 2008: StatsCan
Farm income up in 2008: StatsCan
Not all provinces or farmers saw or felt a benefit, but Canada’s realized net farm income rose for a second consecutive year in 2008, reaching $3.6 billion, according to Statistics […] Read more
Farm cash receipts slipping: StatsCan
Canadian farmers’ cash receipts over the first nine months of 2009 have dropped 4.2 per cent from the year-earlier period to $32.8 billion, Statistics Canada reports. Farm cash receipts include […] Read more
Canadian hog herd drops in 2009 Q3
Hog inventories on Canadian farms declined 7.3 per cent between the third quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009. The main factors in the decline were low market […] Read more
August crop, livestock returns slip: StatsCan
Prices Canadian farmers received for their commodities fell 10.9 per cent in August from the same month a year earlier, as both the crops index and the livestock and animal […] Read more
July crop, livestock prices drop from 2008: StatsCan
Prices Canadian farmers received for their commodities fell 12.2 per cent in July 2009 from the same month a year earlier, as Statistics Canada’s crops index and the livestock and […] Read more
Hog, cattle herds shrinking: StatsCan
The number of hogs and cattle on Canadian farms as of July 1 was down from the same date a year earlier, while the number of sheep remained virtually unchanged, […] Read more
Hothouse fruit, veg sales up, flowers down: StatsCan
Sales of greenhouse products in Canada declined 7.6 per cent from 2007 to $2.1 billion in 2008, as an increase in fruit and vegetable sales was more than offset by […] Read more
Hothouse fruit, veg sales up, flowers down: StatsCan
Sales of greenhouse products in Canada declined 7.6 per cent from 2007 to $2.1 billion in 2008, as an increase in fruit and vegetable sales was more than offset by […] Read more
Crops price index drops for May: StatsCan
Prices farmers received for their commodities fell 4.8 per cent in May compared with May a year earlier, as the crops index fell, offsetting an increase in the total livestock […] Read more
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