Date: January, 2009
Abstract: In the first six months of 2008, cash receipts earned by Canadian farmers rose
12.4 percent to a record CAD 19.9 billion following a 9.6 percent increase in 2007. Crop producers led the way as revenues for grains and oilseeds climbed 30.8 percent to CAD 11 billion — exceeding livestock receipts for the first time in 12 years. Record grain and oilseed prices in 2007 and the first half of 2008 meant that crop returns are also 57 percent higher than the previous five-year average for a ...
Research Type: North American Outlook