Farm product prices, December 2014
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Released: 2015-02-05
Prices received by farmers in December for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available.
The December Quebec hogs price was $88.30 per hundredweight, down 3.4% from November but up 16.9% from December 2013 when the price was $75.51.
The Alberta wheat (excluding durum) price in December was $207.87 per tonne, up 1.7% from November but down 11.1% from December 2013 when the price was $233.94.
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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 35 years. Prices data are extracted from administrative files and derived from Statistics Canada surveys.
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