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Table 32 Farms, by type
	2001		2006
	number	%	number	%
All farms	246,923	100.0	229,373	100.0
Dairy cattle and milk production	18,321	7.4	14,651	6.4
Beef cattle and feedlots	67,838	27.5	60,947	26.6
Hog and pig	7,388	3.0	6,040	2.6
Poultry and egg	4,937	2.0	4,578	2.0
All other animal production	26,846	10.9	30,594	13.3
Field crops	101,041	40.9	91,277	39.8
Fruit and vegetables	11,663	4.7	12,532	5.5
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture	8,889	3.6	8,754	3.8
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of agriculture.

Table 33 Farm financial statistics, 2008
	Operating revenue	Operating expense	Operating margin
	average ($)		%
All farms	293,378	249,324	15.02
Grain and oilseed	244,655	185,555	24.16
Potato	1,022,357	856,691	16.20
Other vegetable and melon	376,026	329,944	12.25
Fruit and tree nut	221,005	189,757	14.14
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture	962,684	874,870	9.12
Other crop	98,179	80,363	18.15
Beef cattle and feedlots	221,446	208,154	6.00
Dairy and milk production	472,617	365,260	22.72
Hog and pig	1,228,143	1,200,945	2.21
Poultry and egg	1,056,936	925,566	12.43
Other animal	108,891	107,126	1.62
Note: Data are preliminary.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 002-0044, 002-0055 and 002-0056.