Industry worried farm decline may be worse than numbers indicate

Title

Abstract

"While they call the rapid decline in the number of farmers shown in the Census of Agriculture a "crisis" that caught few in the industry by surprise, both of the Island's general farm organizations are worried the Statistics Canada data may actually be on the optimistic side."

Date

May 2012

Issue

5

Title	Industry worried farm decline may be worse than numbers indicate
Authors	A. Walker
Abstract	"While they call the rapid decline in the number of farmers shown in the Census of Agriculture a "crisis" that caught few in the industry by surprise, both of the Island's general farm organizations are worried the Statistics Canada data may actually be on the optimistic side."
Journal	Island farmer
Date	May 2012
Volume	39
Issue	5
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