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Table 30  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 vegetable 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 31  Farm financial statistics, 2008
  Operating revenue Operating expense Operating margin
  average ($) %
All farms 300,534 255,039 15.1
Grain and oilseed 256,041 193,780 24.3
Potato 976,455 811,604 16.9
Other vegetable and melon 375,245 334,255 10.9
Fruit and tree nut 221,096 189,573 14.3
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture 934,982 853,422 8.7
Other crop 103,945 85,422 17.8
Beef cattle and feedlots 218,223 204,720 6.2
Dairy and milk production 469,152 365,596 22.1
Hog and pig 1,221,534 1,192,960 2.3
Poultry and egg 1,044,666 919,771 12.0
Other animal 171,587 157,151 8.4
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 002-0044, 002-0055 and 002-0056.

 

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Chart 20 Number and area of farms, Canada
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