Farm product prices, March 2015
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Released: 2015-05-05
Prices received by farmers in March for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available.
The March Quebec hogs price was $71.49 per hundredweight, down 4.7% from February and down 32.3% from March 2014 when the price was $105.61.
The Saskatchewan canola price in March was $443.81 per tonne, down 2.1% from February but up 1.2% from March 2014 when the price was $438.38.
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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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