Canadian Grains Industry Statistical Handbook


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Includes data on production by area and yield of principal, specialty and forage crops, domestic processing, trade (imports and exports), prices, handling, transportation and inspections; also includes data on livestock, farm cash receipts, and climate (temperature and precipitation).




Canadian Grains Industry Statistical Handbook


Book Description

Includes data on production by area and yield of principal, specialty and forage crops, domestic processing, trade (imports and exports), prices, handling, transportation and inspections; also includes data on livestock, farm cash receipts, and climate (temperature and precipitation).




Statistical Bulletin


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The Future of Grain


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Written in the early 1980s, The Future of Grain examines Canada's growing grain exports and the outlook for the industry's future. The authors examine the prospects such an increase holds for the largely static Canadian industries connected to grain: manufacturers of agricultural machinery, pesticides and fertilizers; processing industries such as feed and flour milling, canola crushing and barley malting. And they suggest improvements to every aspect of government involvement--from measures to conserve Prairie soil to macroeconomic policy--that affects this important sector. The Future of Grain offers a valuable analysis of this important agricultural sector at a vital time in its history.




North-South Grain Markets And Trade Policies


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The book is composed of a series of case studies. The countries included reflect the interest and experience of the authors who collaborated in preparing the volume. No attempt was made to provide representative coverage based upon a comprehensive classiftcation of countries, which is why there are no chapters dealing with such exporters as Argentina or Thailand or importers such as Egypt or Japan. Despite the somewhat eclectic geographical mix, many of the fundamental issues that face the North and the South, both individually and collectively, are illustrated by the case countries. We would argue that there is much to be learned about the effective implementation of policy choices and the constraints that policymakers face by looking at individual country experiences, rather than by attempting to generalize on the basis of an abstract theoretical framework There is a dearth of information on what countries actually do in managing domestic grain markets.




Canadian and U.S. Farm Sector Comparisons


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Extract: Many Canadian and U.S. farming trends ran almost parallel through the midseventies, with increasing farm consolidation, more shared ownership of farms, and dramatic increases in the value of farm capital in both countries. Corporations control about 10 percent of the land in farms in both countries. While Canadian farmers produce primarily for the market within their own Province, U.S. farmers produce for markets extending well beyond their own State. This report looks at these and other similarities and differences between the Canadian and U.S. farm sectors.




Canadian Land Use


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Flax


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Linum usitatissimum is a widely distributed plant that has a long history of traditional use as both an industrial oil and fiber crop. It is known as linseed in the United Kingdom, or flax in North America. For the last 15 years, there has been a steadily growing interest in the medicinal and nutraceutical value of flax, including experimental evid