Farm product prices, May 2014
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Released: 2014-07-04
Prices received by farmers in May for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available.
The May Manitoba slaughter cattle price was $112.45 per hundredweight, up 3.9% from April and up 36.6% from May 2013 when the price was $82.31.
The Quebec grain corn price in May was $208.00 per metric tonne, up 1.0% from April, but down 20.6% from May 2013 when the price was $261.93.
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Farm commodity prices are now available on CANSIM. Prices for over 35 commodities are available by province, with some series going back 30 years.
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