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April 09, 2020FARM PRODUCT PRICES, FEBRUARY 2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, the DailyStats will expand coverage to additional data that may signal rapidly changing economic conditions.
Nova Scotia Month-over-month Sectors
In Feb 2020 vs Jan 2020, Nova Scotia Farm Product Prices (Dollars) for:
- Wheat (except durum wheat) increased 0.9% ($2.32 per metric tonne) to $256.60 per metric tonne
- Cattle for slaughter increased 2.6% ($2.47 per hundred weight) to $97.88 per hundred weight
- Chickens for meat decreased 0.9% (-$0.02 per kilogram) to $2.26 per kilogram
- Unprocessed milk from bovine increased 1.3% ($9.67 per kilolitre) to $763.28 per litre
- Eggs in shell was unchanged at $1.79 per dozen
Nova Scotia Year-to-date Sectors
In Jan-Feb 2019 vs Jan-Feb 2020, Nova Scotia Farm Product Prices (YTD Average) for:
- Wheat (except durum wheat) increased 6.2% ($14.97 per metric tonne) to $255.44 per metric tonne
- Oats decreased 3.4% (-$7.51 per metric tonne) to $214.70 per metric tonne
- Barley increased 1.9% ($4.21 per metric tonne) to $221.45 per metric tonne
- Corn for grain increased 12.4% ($29.95 per metric tonne) to $271.01 per metric tonne
- Fresh potatoes decreased 100.0% (-$16.08 per hundred weight) to $0.00 per hundred weight
- Cattle for slaughter increased 4.1% ($3.79 per hundred weight) to $96.65 per hundred weight
- Cattle for feeding increased 15.5% ($17.41 per hundred weight) to $129.59 per hundred weight
- Calves for feeding increased 11.9% ($16.55 per hundred weight) to $155.08 per hundred weight
- Hogs increased 4.2% ($2.95 per kilogram) to $73.31 per kilogram
- Chickens for meat increased 3.7% ($0.08 per kilogram) to $2.27 per kilogram
- Turkeys for meat decreased 3.5% (-$0.09 per kilogram to $2.35 per kilogram
- Unprocessed milk from bovine increased 2.9% ($21.37 per kilolitre) to $758.45 per kilolitre
- Eggs in shell decreased 0.6% (-$0.01 per dozen) to $1.79 per dozen
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock
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