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Table 3
Key ratios by farm size, 1999 and 2005
| Dollars | 1999 | 2005 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to equity | Asset turnover | Return on assets | Return on equity | Debt to equity | Asset turnover | Return on assets | Return on equity | |
| percentage | ||||||||
| 250,000 to 499,999 | 26.2 | 19.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 26.2 | 16.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 500,000 to 999,999 | 31.1 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 33.5 | 20.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| 1,000,000 to 2,499,999 | 34.7 | 36.6 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 36.9 | 25.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 2,500,000 and over | 37.8 | 56.9 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 41.0 | 45.1 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| Note: Net income excludes government payments. Source: Statistics Canada, Farm Financial Survey, 2000 and 2006. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Are Canada's Large Farms Really Different?", Vista on the Agri-Food Industry and the Farm Community, Catalogue number 21-004-X. |
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