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Farm Investments in Environmental Protection, by
Farm Type, 2001
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Farm Type |
Average investment in environmental protection ($) |
Percentage of farms reporting environmental investments
(%) |
Environmental protection investments as a percentage of total
investments (%) |
| Hogs |
6,224 d |
10.5 |
5.0 |
| Dairy |
3,433 d |
10.0 |
3.4 |
| Poultry |
2,445 e |
11.0 |
2.3 |
| Potato |
1,789 d |
8.0 |
1.8 |
| Horticulture |
1,186 d |
5.2 |
2.1 |
| Beef |
568 d |
5.9 |
1.5 |
| Grain and oilseeds |
286 d |
3.3 |
0.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Farm
Financial Survey, 2002; VISTA, Cat. no. 21-004-XPB (March 2004) |
Note: Horticultural sales include sales of fruits, nuts,
vegetables, melons and greenhouse and nursery products (including
floriculture).
a = excellent; b = very good; c = good; d = acceptable; e
= use with caution; f = too unreliable to be published Return to Industry Statistics
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