Table 1.6
Tillage practices in Canada by ecozone, 1991 and 2006
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| 1991 | 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total area seeded | Total area prepared for seeding | Total area seeded | Total area prepared for seeding | |||||
| Conventional tillage | Conservation tillage | No-till | Conventional tillage | Conservation tillage | No-till | |||
| percent | hectares | percent | hectares | |||||
| Total | 69 | 24 | 6 | 28,541,798 | 28 | 26 | 46 | 28,322,008 |
| Boreal Shield | 83 | 14 | 3 | 191,241 | 62 | 30 | 7 | 213,386 |
| Atlantic Maritime | 90 | 8 | 2 | 285,007 | 72 | 22 | 6 | 319,491 |
| Mixed Wood Plains | 80 | 17 | 3 | 3,096,730 | 48 | 26 | 26 | 3,479,133 |
| Boreal Plains | 80 | 18 | 1 | 5,102,600 | 31 | 29 | 40 | 4,425,799 |
| Prairies | 64 | 28 | 8 | 19,777,086 | 23 | 25 | 53 | 19,797,802 |
| Pacific Maritime | 86 | 5 | 8 | 28,331 | 71 | 21 | 8 | 29,753 |
| Montane Cordillera | 85 | 14 | 1 | 60,803 | 61 | 26 | 14 | 56,362 |
Source(s):
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Statistics Canada, customized
tabulations, Census of Agriculture, Census Geographic Component Base 2006.
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