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BC's Top 25 Agricultural Commodities and National Ranking, 2004
| Agricultural Commodities* |
2004 BC
Receipts |
2004 Canada
Receipts |
BC Share |
National
Ranking |
| |
$'000 |
$'000 |
% |
|
| 1. Dairy Products |
391,731 |
4,591,194 |
8.5 |
3 |
| 2. Floriculture |
303,687 |
1,313,914 |
23.1 |
2 |
| 3. Hens & Chickens |
205,443 |
1,577,706 |
13.0 |
3 |
| 4. Tomatoes
(greenhouse) |
156,411 |
413,426 |
37.8 |
2 |
| 5. Nursery Products |
154,958 |
506,619 |
30.6 |
2 |
| 6. Cattle |
153,401 |
4,513,203 |
3.4 |
6 |
| 7. Sweet Peppers
(greenhouse) |
71,707 |
132,552 |
54.1 |
1 |
| 8. Calves |
67,466 |
556,998 |
12.1 |
3 |
| 9. Blueberries |
64,200 |
127,913 |
50.2 |
1 |
| 10. Apples |
57,000 |
144,355 |
39.5 |
1 |
| 11. Potatoes |
55,660 |
891,508 |
6.2 |
8 |
| 12. Mushrooms |
54,524 |
251,727 |
21.7 |
2 |
| 13. Hogs |
47,067 |
4,263,152 |
1.1 |
6 |
| 14. Eggs |
46,699 |
565,941 |
8.3 |
4 |
| 15. Grapes |
26,730 |
80,772 |
33.1 |
2 |
| 16. Cranberries |
24,336 |
49,965 |
48.7 |
2 |
| 17. Turkeys |
22,988 |
267,638 |
8.6 |
4 |
| 18. Raspberries |
21,940 |
32,106 |
68.3 |
1 |
| 19. Ginseng |
20,223 |
64,309 |
31.4 |
2 |
| 20. Sweet Cherries |
19,330 |
22,880 |
84.5 |
1 |
| 21. Cucumbers (greenhouse) |
17,961 |
131,477 |
13.7 |
2 |
| 22. Canola |
13,962 |
2,135,819 |
0.7 |
4 |
| 23. Hay & Clover |
11,743 |
138,759 |
8.5 |
6 |
| 24. Honey |
7,007 |
144,482 |
4.9 |
5 |
| 25. Sod |
6,720 |
107,701 |
6.2 |
4 |
|
Choice of commodity set is based on current sales |
| Receipts
and ranking are based on the 2004 value of marketings.
(Statistics Canada, May 2005 revision). |
| Forest products grown
on farms (included in the past) have been excluded as they are
not strictly agricultural products. |
| Source: Statistics
Canada, Agriculture Division, Farm Cash Receipts Unit. |
| Last Update: 24 March
2006 |
Notes: British Columbia in
2002, led the nation in the production of greenhouse peppers,
raspberries, cranberries and sweet cherries, and ranked second to
Ontario in the production of apples, floriculture, ginseng, grapes,
greenhouse cucumbers, greenhouse tomatoes, mushrooms and nursery
products. Among all the provinces, twelve of British
Columbia's top commodities ranked in the top tow in their
contribution to national production.
In 2002, three of British Columbia's
top 25 agricultural commodities, - sweet cherries, greenhouse
peppers and raspberries - accounted for more than 50 percent of
Canadian marketed production, and eleven products accounted for more
than 25 percent of Canadian marketed production.
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