Table 1.8
Livestock manure production and selected nutrients
per farm area, by ecozone in Canada, 2006
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| Total manure | Nitrogen | Phosphorus | Potassium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tonnes | kilograms per hectare of farm area | |||
| Total | 168,087,022 | |||
| Boreal Shield | 4,340,365 | 20.7 | 5.4 | 12.0 |
| Atlantic Maritime | 9,207,967 | 29.3 | 7.9 | 16.6 |
| Mixed Wood Plains | 39,338,114 | 38.7 | 10.9 | 21.3 |
| Boreal Plains | 29,358,559 | 13.5 | 3.7 | 8.3 |
| Prairies | 78,789,588 | 11.6 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| Pacific Maritime | 2,736,448 | 130.1 | 34.8 | 63.9 |
| Montane Cordillera | 4,313,351 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 10.4 |
Note(s):
Any differences between the results published here and data in other
Statistics Canada products is due to data suppression to protect confidentiality.
See Statistics Canada, 2008, Census of Agriculture: Environmental
Geography Aggregations of Census Farm Units (survey no. 8012) (accessed December 17, 2008) for further details.
Source(s):
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Statistics Canada, customized
tabulations, Census of Agriculture, Census Geographic Census Base 2006.
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