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Interesting Facts About Our Agriculture Industry

  • The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is home to over 300 different farms.
  • Farm Cash Receipts were $163.9 million in 2023, up 9.8% from 2022.
  • The largest crop commodity is Greenhouse and Nursery, accounting for 6.1 per cent of total Farm Cash Receipts.
  • Value of vegetable production remained unchanged at $7.0 million; the top two vegetable crops in 2023 were turnips and potatoes.
  • The top five crops in 2023 accounted for 71 per cent of all vegetable sales; they are as follows: potato, turnip, carrot, cabbage and pumpkin.
  • Farm Cash Receipts for fruit production rose 13.0 per cent in 2023 to $1.9 million; with strawberries being the highest valued crop at $0.9 million.
  • In terms of berries, strawberries are the largest in terms of value, cranberries are largest by volume produced and blueberries are the largest by area of production.
  • The province has ten commercial apiculture (beekeeping) operations producing a variety of honey and beeswax products plus providing pollination services for crops.
  • The largest commodities in Newfoundland and Labrador agriculture are Dairy, Chicken, Eggs, Greenhouse and Nursery, and Vegetables.
  • There were 2,900 sheep in the province with 2,100 lambs born in 2023.
  • The value of eggs in 2023 rose 7.0 percent to $25.6 million. Newfoundland and Labrador Egg production in 2023 declined 2.0 per cent from the record high of 10.4 million dozen set in 2022.
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