Profile of the 2003 Farm Financial Survey

Executive Summary

This Profile of the 2003 Farm Financial Survey provides an overview of the 2003 Farm Financial Survey and compares the results with two previous surveys in 2000 and 2002. The data was collected by Statistics Canada under contract with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Eighteen thousand farms with total farm revenues of over $10,000 per year were surveyed by telephone.

This overview is divided into three sections: farm financial structure, capital investment and growth, and farm income and stability. More detailed information can be obtained by visiting the following websites: http://www.statcan.ca or http://www.agr.gc.ca/policy/spb/fiap/pubse.html. Special requests can be made to Statistics Canada, Agriculture Division via e-mail at agriculture@statcan.ca or by telephone at 1-800-465-1991. Comments on this publication can be sent to John Caldwell via e-mail at caldwej@agr.gc.ca or by telephone at (613) 759-1923.

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