Ottawa—The first data emerging from the 2021 Census of Agriculture shows there were 189,874 farms last year, a drop of 1.9 per cent from 2016, says Statistics Canada.
While total farm acreage decreased by 3.2 per cent from 2016, the total area for hay and field crops increased by 0.3 per cent to 92.9 million acres, the Agency said. The number of head reported for major livestock categories has also increased modestly since 2016.
Farms have been evolving into increasingly sophisticated businesses that harmonize automation, modernization and production operations. “As a result, many farms have consolidated and become increasingly larger both in terms of sales and number of employees. Conversely, smaller and mid-sized farms are declining in Canada, thereby impacting the rural landscape and profile of Canadian regions,” StatsCan said.
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