Inquiries regarding any of the topics presented in the Yearbook may be directed to:
Farm Income
Reynold Jaipaul, Branch Head
780-427-5376
reynold.jaipaul@gov.ab.ca
Farm Income, Retail Prices, Custom
Rates, Agricultural Input Monitoring
System (AIMS)
Roy Larsen, Senior Statistician
780-644-1308
roy.larsen@gov.ab.ca
Economic Indicators, Food Statistics
Ann Stankiewicz,
Agri-Food Statistician
780-422-3099
ann.stankiewicz@gov.ab.ca
Agri-Food Exports
Barbara Pekalski,
Trade Research Statistician
780-427-5386
barb.pekalski@gov.ab.ca
Crops
Lukas Matejovsky,
Crop Statistician
780-422-2887
lukas.matejovsky@gov.ab.ca
Livestock, Dairy, Poultry,
Beekeeping
John Paul Emunu,
Livestock Statistician
780-427-4243
john.paul.emunu@gov.ab.ca
Agriculture Real Estate Values
Guangzhi Liu, Senior Business and
Research Analyst
780-422-4430
guangzhi.liu@gov.ab.ca
Census of Agriculture
Marion Harry, Research Assistant
780-427-9206
marion.harry@gov.ab.ca
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Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
Economics and Competitiveness Division
Statistics and Data Development Branch
J. G. O'Donoghue Building
302, 7000 - 113
Street
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T6H 5T6
Telephone: 780-427-4011 Fax: 780-427-5220
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has produced the Yearbook since the early 1970's as a service to government, policy makers,
agri-businesses, farm organizations, market researchers, academic institutions and the agricultural community at large. We hope you find
this edition informative and useful. Also, any comments or suggestions regarding the Yearbook would be greatly appreciated.
INTRODUCTION
The
Agriculture Statistics Yearbook
is compiled by the Statistics and Data Development Branch of Alberta Agriculture and Rural
Development to serve as a reference document and a principal source of information for users of statistics on the Alberta agri-food industry.
The dynamic trends occurring in the primary agricultural industry and the food and beverage processing sector are presented in the
Yearbook's statistical tables and charts, to provide both a current and historical perspective. For purposes of comparison, a number of
tables and charts provide information for Canada and other provinces, in addition to Alberta.
Individual sections of the Yearbook present information on identifiable industry sectors such as crops, livestock and food and beverages,
and industry measures and indicators such as farm income, agri-food exports and economic indicators. Together, the sections constitute a
reliable representation of the performance of Alberta's agri-food industry. Featured topics of major significance and importance to the agri-
food industry include farm cash receipts, net farm income, input costs, population, gross domestic product, employment, investment
expenditures, food expenditures, food and beverage processing activity measures, commodity prices, exports of primary commodities and
value added processed products, production and inventory of livestock, and crop estimates (production and acreage).
Statistical tables are presented on a calendar year basis, unless otherwise specified. Tables and charts have been updated to include data
for the 2012 reference year, where available. Data were compiled from a variety of sources, with the majority produced by the Agriculture
Division of Statistics Canada in collaboration with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as well as other federal and provincial departments and agencies who provided data for inclusion in this
publication. Special appreciation is extended to all agricultural producers and processors who responded to our surveys or supplied other
information to surveys conducted by Statistics Canada.
The
Agriculture Statistics Yearbook
may be viewed on-line by visiting the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development website at:
Note: Data presented in the Yearbook were current as of August 2013.
Users are advised that components of some statistical tables
may not add up to their totals due to rounding.
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Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012