Statistics Canada : Farm product prices, November 2016

Released: 2017-01-09

Prices received by farmers in November for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available.

The price of hogs in Manitoba was $60.69 per hundredweight in November, down 6.2% from October and down 11.4% from November 2015 when the price was $68.53.

The price of soybeans in Quebec was $490.80 per tonne in November, up 1.3% from October and up 10.3% from November 2015 when the price was $445.00.

Note to readers

Farm commodity prices are now available in CANSIM. The prices of over 35 commodities are available by province, with some data series going back 35 years. Price data are extracted from administrative files and derived from Statistics Canada surveys.

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