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North America > Canada > Agriculture

CANADIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 116 [61st of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 7.42 % of land area Time series [182nd of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 732,600 Time series [12th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 45,700 thousand hectares [8th of 148]
Arable land > hectares 45,660,000 hectares Time series [7th of 199]
Area > Corn 1,230,000 [15th of 21]
Banana imports $149.00 million [9th of 9]
Cereal production 116 thousand metric tons [61st of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 3,031.1 kg/ha Time series [68th of 171]
Cotton exports 50 thousand bales [36th of 109]
Cotton production 0 [95th of 109]
Fertilizer use 54.2 kg [67th of 138]
Food production index 101.6 % Time series [131st of 182]
Grains > Corn production 9,200 thousand metric tons [9th of 17]
Grains > Wheat consumption 7,700 thousand metric tons [13th of 15]
Grains > Wheat production 22,000 thousand metric tons [8th of 17]
Labor share 2.3% [144th of 149]
Meat production 3,320 thousand metric tons [14th of 149]
Products
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
Tractors 711,335 [14th of 147]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA; Food and Agricultural Organization (1998); United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Canada, Canada & Newfoundland

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