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Census of Agriculture |
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British Columbia Highlights |
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1991 |
1996 |
% Change |
1996 |
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VARIABLE |
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excluding Christmas tree only farms (1) |
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including Christmas tree only farms (1) |
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CENSUS FARMS (2) |
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Total census farms |
19,225 |
21,653 |
12.6 |
21,835 |
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Farms with gross farm receipts of $100,000 or more (3) |
3,078 |
3,396 |
10.3 |
3,400 |
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LAND |
*acres |
*acres |
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*acres |
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Land in crops |
1,375,873 |
1,397,970 |
1.6 |
1,397,970 |
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Summerfallow |
142,026 |
96,390 |
-32.1 |
96,413 |
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Total pasture land (4) |
3,142,125 |
3,489,802 |
11.1 |
3,491,172 |
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All other land (5) |
1,251,581 |
1,244,835 |
-0.5 |
1,263,889 |
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TOTAL land on census farms |
5,911,605 |
6,228,997 |
5.4 |
6,249,444 |
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Average census farm size |
307 |
288 |
-6.2 |
286 |
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FIVE MAJOR CROPS (6) |
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1) Total hay and fodder crops |
807,127 |
859,857 |
6.5 |
859,857 |
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2) Barley |
106,778 |
111,483 |
4.4 |
111,483 |
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3) Spring wheat (excluding durum) |
106,601 |
96,564 |
-9.4 |
96,564 |
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4) Oats |
73,204 |
84,220 |
15.0 |
84,220 |
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5) Canola |
100,157 |
63,805 |
-36.3 |
63,805 |
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LAND MANAGEMENT |
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Area irrigated (7) |
234,413 |
284,927 |
21.5 |
285,096 |
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Area applied with commercial fertilizer (7) |
817,762 |
892,105 |
9.1 |
892,841 |
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Area treated with herbicides (7) |
312,520 |
352,402 |
12.8 |
352,785 |
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Area tilled retaining most of the residue on surface |
71,024 |
108,117 |
52.2 |
108,117 |
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Area tilled incorporating most of the residue into soil |
496,890 |
289,804 |
-41.7 |
289,805 |
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Area of no-till |
27,520 |
44,607 |
62.1 |
44,607 |
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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY |
# of animals |
# of animals |
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# of animals |
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Total cattle and calves |
752,414 |
814,103 |
8.2 |
814,103 |
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Total beef cows |
242,742 |
273,217 |
12.6 |
273,217 |
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Total dairy cows |
74,919 |
82,008 |
9.5 |
82,008 |
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Total sheep and lambs |
74,136 |
71,603 |
-3.4 |
71,603 |
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Total pigs |
223,776 |
174,169 |
-22.2 |
174,169 |
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Total hens and chickens |
11,284,526 |
13,759,261 |
21.9 |
13,759,261 |
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES (3) |
(1995 dollars) |
(1995 dollars) |
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(1995 dollars) |
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Total gross farm receipts |
1,386,470,952 |
1,837,083,365 |
32.5 |
1,839,216,758 |
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Average gross farm receipts |
72,118 |
84,842 |
17.6 |
84,233 |
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Total interest expense |
164,346,062 |
117,327,932 |
-28.6 |
117,470,582 |
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Average interest expense |
19,858 |
14,138 |
-28.8 |
14,080 |
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Total operating expenses |
1,315,130,069 |
1,659,592,178 |
26.2 |
1,661,721,704 |
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Average operating expense |
68,407 |
76,645 |
12.0 |
76,104 |
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CAPITAL AND DEBT |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
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Total farm capital value (8) |
8,614,242,754 |
13,741,615,551 |
59.5 |
13,822,212,532 |
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Average capital value |
448,075 |
634,629 |
41.6 |
633,030 |
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Total farm debt outstanding (9) |
1,252,430,000 |
1,514,961,000 |
21.0 |
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* Land area is reported in acres. One acre equals 0.40 hectares or 1.18 arpents.
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