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Canadian Farm Cash Receipts Data Shows Crops Losing Dominance

Cliff Jamieson
By  Cliff Jamieson , Canadian Grains Analyst
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Statistics Canada farm cash receipt data for the first three quarters of this calendar year show a stark contrast between crop and livestock receipts when compared to the same timeframe in 2013. While total receipts are 2.6% higher in the nine months through September, total crop receipts are 3.5% lower than 2013, while total livestock receipts are 15.5% higher. (DTN graphic by Nick Scalise)

Total farm cash receipts, defined by Statistics Canada as crop and livestock receipts as well as payments from programs, are 2.6% higher in the January-through-September period or the first three quarters of the calendar year at $41.8 billion.

Today's report shows shifting fortunes from the crop to the livestock sector in the country, with total crop receipts in Canada in the first nine months of 2014 3.5% lower than in 2013 at $21.986 billion, while livestock receipts are 15.5% higher than the first three quarters of 2013 at $18.404 billion.

Data for the most recent quarter (July through September) shows crop receipts $584.51 million higher than livestock receipts, which is the narrowest this spread has been since the third quarter of 2010. Since the second quarter of 2007, quarterly data shows crop receipts consistently exceeding livestock receipts in the country, while prior to that time, livestock receipts in the country consistently topped crop receipts since the first quarter of 1999.

By crop, the largest swing in crop receipts when comparing the first three quarters of 2014 to the same period in 2013 was found in the cereal grains. As seen on the attached chart, barley receipts were 24.3% lower, corn receipts were 17.5% lower, oats were 12.1% lower and receipts for both wheat and durum were reported to be 8.6% lower than the same period in 2013.

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On a percentage basis, those crops showing receipts in the first nine months which were higher than 2013 were dry beans at 23.6% higher, flax at 9.5% higher, lentils at 8% higher and canola 4.7% higher than year-ago values.

As seen on the attached chart, the largest gains in livestock receipts were seen in receipts from cattle and calves that was 31.8% higher in the first nine months of 2014, while hogs were right behind at a 30.6% increase.

Also seen on the attached chart, farm cash receipts by province were 1.3% higher in Ontario, 2.5% higher in Saskatchewan, 3.5% higher in Alberta and 5.6% higher in Manitoba.


Canadian Agriculture Story of the Year

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