Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012
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per cent (4.5 per cent of total farm debt). Other lenders (including insurance and trust companies, along with private
individuals and supply companies), were owed a total of $1.5 billion (9.6 per cent of total farm debt), up 28.9 per cent from
2011.
Advance program payments fell dramatically by 81.2 per cent to $36.1 million (0.2 per cent of total farm debt).
In 2012, Alberta led the nation in the total value of farm capital (land and buildings, machinery and equipment, and livestock
and poultry). At July 1, the province’s total farm capital was a record $107.3 billion. Ontario ranked the second highest, with
$96.3 billion. Farm capital in Alberta was up 8.1 per cent from the same period in 2011, and has steadily increased since
1993.
The 2012 record was fuelled by new highs for the value of land and buildings, and machinery and equipment, while
the value of livestock and poultry increased to its highest amount since 2001. The value of land and buildings increased 8.4
per cent, to $89.6 billion, while the value of machinery and equipment was up 4.5 per cent, to $11.4 billion. The value of
livestock and poultry increased for the third consecutive year to $6.2 billion, up 9.8 per cent from 2011.
Note: For 2011 and 2012, net cash income was estimated by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Database Table Numbers 002-0001 and 002-0009; and Alberta Agriculture and Rural
Development, Statistics and Data Development Branch
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Alberta Farm Cash Receipts, Operating Expenses and Net Cash Income, 1976-2012