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2016 Census of Agriculture Farm Types

Next we hear about specific farm types in Alberta and Canada from the 2016 Census of Agriculture. Austin Leitch, research analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, has done other profiles from the census and joins us in studio today to talk specifically about farm types.

Interview with Austin Leitch (2:30 minutes) (1.14 Mb)

We’ll hear more from Austin on tomorrow’s program. For more information, go to the Statistics Canada website.

 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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