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August 10, 2020FARM PRODUCT PRICES, JUNE 2020
Nova Scotia Month-over-month Sectors
In Jun 2020 vs May 2020, Nova Scotia Farm Product Prices for:
- Wheat (except durum wheat) increased 4.0% ($10.60 per metric tonne) to $275.57 per metric tonne
- Cattle for slaughter increased 4.2% ($4.48 per hundredweight) to $110.46 per hundredweight
- Chickens for meat increased 1.3% ($0.03 per kilogram) to $2.33 per kilogram
- Unprocessed milk from bovine decreased 0.6% (-$4.50 per kilolitre) to $752.34 per kilolitre
- Eggs in shell increased 0.6% ($0.01 per dozen) to $1.80 per dozen
Nova Scotia Year-over-year Sectors
In Jun 2020 to Jun 2019, Nova Scotia Farm Product Prices (Year-over-year) for:
- Wheat (except durum wheat) increased 14.1% ($34.03 per metric tonne) to $275.57 per metric tonne
- Oats increased 5.4% ($12.38 per metric tonne) to $240.76 per metric tonne
- Barley increased 11.7% ($26.99 per metric tonne) to $257.20 per metric tonne
- Corn for grain decreased 8.9% (-$23.26 per metric tonne) to $239.34 per metric tonne
- Cattle for slaughter increased 8.2% ($8.41 per hundredweight) to $110.46 per hundredweight
- Cattle for feeding increased 16.5% ($23.13 per hundredweight) to $163.31 per hundredweight
- Calves for feeding increased 16.7% ($25.85 per hundredweight) to $181.01 per hundredweight
- Hogs decreased 24.8% (-$25.08 per kilogram) to $75.93 per hundredweight
- Chickens for meat increased 5.9% ($0.13 per kilogram) to $2.33 per kilogram
- Turkeys for meat increased 1.3% ($0.03 per kilogram) to $2.39 per kilogram
- Unprocessed milk from bovine increased 3.0% ($22.16 per kilolitre) to $752.34 per kilolitre
- Eggs in shell was unchanged at $1.80 per dozen
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0077-01 Farm product prices, crops and livestock
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