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Census of Agriculture |
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Manitoba 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 |
25,706 |
24,341 |
-5.3 |
24,383 |
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Farms with gross farm receipts of $100,000 or more (3) |
7,016 |
8,026 |
14.4 |
8,026 |
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LAND |
*acres |
*acres |
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*acres |
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Land in crops |
11,764,813 |
11,611,844 |
-1.3 |
11,611,844 |
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Summerfallow |
733,899 |
799,684 |
9.0 |
799,760 |
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Total pasture land (4) |
5,168,937 |
4,966,578 |
-3.9 |
4,966,953 |
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All other land (5) |
1,421,219 |
1,725,400 |
21.4 |
1,727,974 |
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TOTAL land on census farms |
19,088,868 |
19,103,506 |
0.1 |
19,106,531 |
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Average census farm size |
743 |
785 |
5.7 |
784 |
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FIVE MAJOR CROPS (6) |
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1) Spring wheat (excluding durum) |
5,083,636 |
4,022,128 |
-20.9 |
4,022,128 |
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2) Total hay and fodder crops |
1,724,528 |
1,851,590 |
7.4 |
1,851,590 |
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3) Canola |
1,254,742 |
1,572,852 |
25.4 |
1,572,852 |
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4) Barley |
1,345,382 |
1,557,585 |
15.8 |
1,557,585 |
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5) Oats |
383,999 |
1,045,586 |
172.3 |
1,045,586 |
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LAND MANAGEMENT |
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Area irrigated (7) |
32,609 |
54,795 |
68.0 |
54,832 |
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Area applied with commercial fertilizer (7) |
9,114,074 |
9,465,066 |
3.9 |
9,465,103 |
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Area treated with herbicides (7) |
8,063,498 |
8,455,162 |
4.9 |
8,455,210 |
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Area tilled retaining most of the residue on surface |
2,988,719 |
2,691,876 |
-9.9 |
2,691,876 |
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Area tilled incorporating most of the residue into soil |
6,912,686 |
6,196,544 |
-10.4 |
6,196,544 |
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Area of no-till |
524,093 |
893,241 |
70.4 |
893,241 |
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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 |
1,108,780 |
1,355,162 |
22.2 |
1,355,162 |
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Total beef cows |
411,131 |
510,197 |
24.1 |
510,197 |
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Total dairy cows |
56,106 |
59,404 |
5.9 |
59,404 |
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Total sheep and lambs |
36,860 |
38,152 |
3.5 |
38,152 |
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Total pigs |
1,287,196 |
1,777,352 |
38.1 |
1,777,352 |
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Total hens and chickens |
6,409,151 |
6,403,908 |
-0.1 |
6,403,908 |
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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 |
2,414,365,291 |
2,969,885,644 |
23.0 |
2,970,070,733 |
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Average gross farm receipts |
93,922 |
122,012 |
29.9 |
121,809 |
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Total interest expense |
228,834,865 |
156,388,063 |
-31.7 |
156,407,130 |
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Average interest expense |
13,586 |
10,029 |
-26.2 |
10,024 |
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Total operating expenses |
2,069,314,106 |
2,473,362,943 |
19.5 |
2,473,639,241 |
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Average operating expense |
80,499 |
101,613 |
26.2 |
101,449 |
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CAPITAL AND DEBT |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
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Total farm capital value (8) |
10,256,950,518 |
12,631,458,814 |
23.2 |
12,635,589,914 |
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Average capital value |
399,010 |
518,938 |
30.1 |
518,213 |
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Total farm debt outstanding (9) |
2,101,845,000 |
2,409,004,000 |
14.6 |
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* Land area is reported in acres. One acre equals 0.40 hectares or 1.18 arpents.
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