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Statistics Canada released the final production estimates for 2017 earlier this month.

 
Statistics Canada released the final production estimates for 2017 earlier this month. This report highlighted seeded and harvested area, yield and production estimates for provinces across Canada. The crop production estimates for Alberta were generated from a survey of 7,304 Alberta farmers conducted by Statistics Canada, from October 20 to November 13, 2017. Ashan Shooshtarian, crop statistician with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, joins us on the line with more. Can you give us a bit of an overview of Alberta production?
 

Interview with Ashan Shooshtarian (2:42 minutes) (1.24 Mb)

 

 

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Governor's Summit on Agricultural Viability in Idaho

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