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Census of Agriculture |
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Ontario 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 |
68,633 |
67,118 |
-2.2 |
67,520 |
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Farms with gross farm receipts of $100,000 or more (3) |
19,097 |
19,554 |
2.4 |
19,565 |
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LAND |
*acres |
*acres |
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*acres |
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Land in crops |
8,430,414 |
8,759,707 |
3.9 |
8,759,707 |
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Summerfallow |
157,301 |
48,429 |
-69.2 |
48,492 |
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Total pasture land (4) |
2,538,481 |
2,499,930 |
-1.5 |
2,502,478 |
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All other land (5) |
2,344,457 |
2,538,204 |
8.3 |
2,568,888 |
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TOTAL land on census farms |
13,470,653 |
13,846,270 |
2.8 |
13,879,565 |
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Average census farm size |
196 |
206 |
5.1 |
206 |
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FIVE MAJOR CROPS (6) |
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1) Total hay and fodder crops |
2,572,263 |
2,515,846 |
-2.2 |
2,515,846 |
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2) Total grain and silage corn |
2,218,672 |
2,191,679 |
-1.2 |
2,191,679 |
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3) Soybeans |
1,409,063 |
1,918,055 |
36.1 |
1,918,055 |
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4) Winter wheat |
406,027 |
719,498 |
77.2 |
719,498 |
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5) Barley |
486,774 |
332,821 |
-31.6 |
332,821 |
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LAND MANAGEMENT |
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Area irrigated (7) |
129,815 |
162,927 |
25.5 |
163,313 |
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Area applied with commercial fertilizer (7) |
5,617,813 |
5,947,809 |
5.9 |
5,949,103 |
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Area treated with herbicides (7) |
4,426,851 |
4,928,890 |
11.3 |
4,929,995 |
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Area tilled retaining most of the residue on surface |
1,102,043 |
1,374,771 |
24.7 |
1,374,771 |
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Area tilled incorporating most of the residue into soil |
4,846,165 |
3,667,924 |
-24.3 |
3,667,924 |
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Area of no-till |
250,045 |
1,124,466 |
349.7 |
1,124,466 |
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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 |
2,285,954 |
2,285,996 |
-- |
2,285,996 |
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Total beef cows |
389,659 |
441,211 |
13.2 |
441,211 |
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Total dairy cows |
442,996 |
404,797 |
-8.6 |
404,797 |
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Total sheep and lambs |
251,620 |
231,087 |
-8.2 |
231,087 |
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Total pigs |
2,924,936 |
2,831,082 |
-3.2 |
2,831,082 |
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Total hens and chickens |
34,059,285 |
35,596,946 |
4.5 |
35,596,946 |
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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 |
6,837,136,202 |
7,773,075,574 |
13.7 |
7,778,476,483 |
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Average gross farm receipts |
99,619 |
115,812 |
16.3 |
115,203 |
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Total interest expense |
631,306,032 |
418,065,209 |
-33.8 |
418,691,587 |
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Average interest expense |
16,901 |
11,920 |
-29.5 |
11,890 |
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Total operating expenses |
6,019,772,279 |
6,539,213,446 |
8.6 |
6,545,516,325 |
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Average operating expense |
87,710 |
97,429 |
11.1 |
96,942 |
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CAPITAL AND DEBT |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
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Total farm capital value (8) |
40,702,680,717 |
40,728,897,590 |
0.1 |
40,860,936,035 |
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Average capital value |
593,048 |
606,825 |
2.3 |
605,168 |
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Total farm debt outstanding (9) |
4,978,915,000 |
5,404,367,000 |
8.5 |
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* Land area is reported in acres. One acre equals 0.40 hectares or 1.18 arpents.
-- too small to be expressed
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