GEOG 2RC3 : agriculture in canada
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23 Jan 2012
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St. isadore patron saint of farmers & farming. Census farm: an agricultural holding w/ sales of agr. Question: what are the implications of these trends for the future of. Economics of farming: 1991 on avg. , ea. Cndn spent /year on food; of that, only (6. 7%) went to farmers. Agriculture-related issues: impacts of urbanization on agricultural land, decline of family farm vs. agribusiness, genetically modified foods. To gdp has decreased: 1961 4. 4, 1996 2% Area in farmland steady (more or less) in last 60 years: 1901 25. 7m hectares, 1931 = 66m, 1951 = 70. 4m , 2001 = 67. 5m . # of farms has decreased: 1901 511,000, 1931 = 728,000, 1951 = 480,000, 2001 = 246,900. Avg. farm size has increase: 1901 50. 3 hectares, 1931 = 90. 6 , 1951 = 145. 1 , 2001 = 273 . Total farm ppln has decreased: 1996 851,400, 2001 727,100.