Subcontract and Subcontract Operator Data
Production efficiency and prices bulldoze trends in livestock

Release appointment: May 24, 2017

Fluctuating prices and need, coupled with improved production efficiencies, connected to shape the livestock sector in 2016.

Beef cattle for breeding and feeding purposes decreased ii.4% from 2011 to 2016, with both the cow-calf and the feedlot sectors showing marginal changes in reported cattle.

The number of dairy cattle decreased 3.viii% from 2011, while milk production continued to increase.

Pig inventories increased eleven.ane% from 2011 to 2016, recovering from unfavourable marketplace weather in the squealer sector prior to 2011.

Poultry production increased for both meat and eggs in response to consumer need.

Cattle numbers downwards on higher prices

The full number of cattle and calves in Canada decreased ii.0% from 2011 to 12.v one thousand thousand head in 2016. Meanwhile, the number of farms reporting cattle and calves declined 12.3% to 75,307. The cattle sector is divided into beef and dairy, with beef accounting for about of the cattle in the country.

The cyclical trend in the number of cattle and calves was largely driven by the beefiness sector (Chart 1). The cattle cycle and beef price cycle are strongly correlated. The ii cycles movement in contrary directions, meaning cattle numbers trend upward while prices are down as farm operators retain inventory. In the menstruum between 2011 and 2016, the beef sector experienced strong international demand for Canadian beef breeding stock, primarily from the Us. Drought conditions between 2010 and 2012 caused a reduction in the size of the U.S. beef herd, driving demand. In 2013, as moisture conditions improved, the U.Due south. moved to restock, limiting supply. Increased demand coupled with limited supply collection prices to a record loftier in 2015 (CANSIM table 002-0068, accessed April 25, 2017), resulting in lower inventories in Canada.

Outside forces such every bit unfavourable weather atmospheric condition that affect feed availability and cost, disease and economical conditions can too influence the cattle bicycle. All of these factors are of import in an operator's conclusion to expand or liquidate their herd.

In 2016, cattle and dogie inventory was at its lowest since 1986.

Chart 1 Total number of cattle and calves and agricultural operations reporting, Canada, 1961 to 2016

Information table for Chart 1
Data table for Nautical chart 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data tabular array for Chart 1. The information is grouped past Year (appearing as row headers), Number of agricultural operations reporting and Total number of cattle and calves, calculated using number of operations (thousands) and number of caput (millions)
units of measure (actualization equally column headers).
Yr Number of agronomical operations reporting Total number of cattle and calves
number of operations number of head
1961 375,049 11,940,978
1966 313,735 12,887,388
1971 248,751 13,277,997
1976 225,253 15,131,722
1981 185,073 13,501,904
1986 155,945 11,997,608
1991 145,747 12,972,038
1996 142,157 14,893,034
2001 122,066 15,551,449
2006 109,901 fifteen,773,527
2011 85,890 12,789,965
2016 75,307 12,530,730
Sources: CANSIM tables 004-0004 and 004-0221.

Beef farmers base decisions on prices

The reported number of beefiness cattle for breeding purposes (beefiness cows and beef heifers for replacement purposes) declined i.0% from 2011 to 4.4 million in 2016. The number of farms reporting beef breeding cattle decreased 11.9% to 55,956 farms.

Cattle destined for feeding or slaughter (steers and feeder/slaughter heifers) declined by 4.vii%, reducing the full number of feeder/slaughter cattle in Canada to 2.5 one thousand thousand in 2016. The number of farms reporting feeder/slaughter cattle fell by 16.9%.

From 2011 to 2016, the beef sector in Canada experienced some volatility, partially due to cost fluctuations. The number of cow-calf operations decreased nine.5% from 2011 to 2016, while the average number of cattle on these farms increased 12.v%, showing consolidation. Loftier cattle prices through near of 2015 created big profit opportunities for the cow-calf sector. Cattle prices reached a record loftier in April 2015 (CANSIM table 002-0068, accessed April 13, 2017).

The lower profitability that followed as prices began to autumn in belatedly 2015 contributed to the mild contraction of the feeding sector. The number of feedlots declined xiv.i% and there were 2.2% fewer cattle reported on these operations.

Chart 2 Farm product price index, cattle and calves, Canada, 1981 to 2016 (monthly)

Data tabular array for Chart 2
Data table for Chart 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 2. The data is grouped past Year (appearing as row headers), Cattle and calves FPPI, calculated using index (2007=100) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Cattle and calves FPPI
alphabetize (2007=100)
1981 95.0
92.1
93.ane
94.1
93.one
94.1
94.ane
91.1
89.2
87.three
85.5
83.6
82.6
84.5
86.4
89.2
96.9
96.nine
93.1
90.two
88.iii
85.5
84.5
84.v
85.v
88.3
89.2
92.1
94.1
92.1
89.2
87.3
85.5
84.five
86.4
90.2
92.ane
93.1
94.ane
95.0
95.0
94.1
94.1
92.1
93.1
92.1
93.i
95.9
93.nine
94.2
94.two
93.0
93.3
93.8
89.2
86.iii
87.three
90.ii
91.8
93.0
1986 93.4
92.6
93.3
ninety.7
92.1
90.half-dozen
92.6
96.viii
98.9
98.4
99.half-dozen
100.eight
98.9
99.6
100.1
102.seven
106.4
107.3
107.0
107.0
107.9
106.vii
105.ii
103.7
106.0
104.2
104.3
108.1
107.3
103.8
100.six
98.8
100.iv
99.7
98.eight
99.5
99.9
101.4
102.iv
103.0
102.nine
101.7
102.9
102.two
102.seven
101.8
101.1
103.iii
101.ii
102.2
103.2
102.2
102.three
103.6
103.7
104.five
102.3
103.0
103.i
104.i
1991 104.1
102.4
104.0
104.7
107.1
106.four
103.3
101.half-dozen
102.two
99.5
96.0
91.1
93.5
97.3
99.4
99.9
102.one
100.2
97.8
101.1
103.9
103.two
103.0
105.3
111.8
114.1
113.4
114.5
117.4
116.1
112.vii
115.1
119.one
116.3
115.three
112.9
113.4
114.six
118.half dozen
120.8
114.2
109.5
113.vi
114.1
109.nine
105.1
106.7
106.vii
110.1
111.iii
107.6
104.0
100.nine
101.6
100.4
97.9
94.8
92.1
90.iv
91.0
1996 ninety.2
89.8
89.seven
88.1
86.1
90.4
94.8
97.3
96.2
92.9
91.one
90.2
90.7
95.0
101.0
102.9
102.9
98.9
99.8
102.4
100.9
102.8
102.6
100.1
101.viii
102.2
103.half-dozen
105.iv
105.3
103.6
101.3
104.4
101.4
104.v
105.6
104.ane
106.v
109.iv
112.four
110.1
106.9
108.0
106.viii
107.5
106.7
111.5
114.2
117.0
115.nine
117.ii
121.iii
124.ii
120.vii
118.2
116.1
117.1
116.9
118.viii
120.2
123.eight
2001 126.4
133.9
139.7
137.8
133.8
129.4
127.1
124.v
120.iii
116.four
114.3
116.9
125.3
130.4
132.0
121.8
118.1
113.2
108.8
112.9
113.7
112.0
113.vi
119.0
128.0
127.6
123.8
126.4
123.one
85.0
50.1
53.6
86.five
90.5
97.iv
91.four
92.3
83.vi
93.5
95.6
93.0
84.i
83.v
78.7
86.8
86.iii
85.3
91.iii
96.seven
100.9
95.2
94.2
92.1
92.3
102.4
103.seven
105.8
108.four
108.4
108.6
2006 108.one
105.1
104.4
102.1
103.2
106.4
107.ii
105.9
105.vii
102.four
96.7
95.3
97.0
100.6
107.6
113.8
114.half-dozen
105.9
103.4
102.0
98.9
89.6
85.6
90.3
86.3
ninety.1
92.i
97.4
100.viii
102.6
109.5
109.9
105.8
102.one
101.1
97.8
98.viii
101.ane
108.6
111.7
106.viii
101.three
100.7
96.2
94.ix
90.7
88.vii
85.9
88.5
92.5
99.0
105.1
106.5
103.4
106.2
107.6
106.7
109.one
108.1
108.0
2011 111.5
117.1
123.6
126.5
121.8
120.two
122.five
124.9
124.8
129.0
129.iii
131.3
134.1
136.1
139.4
134.3
137.i
137.1
132.0
133.three
130.7
129.0
128.9
128.8
129.3
131.viii
134.seven
134.2
137.4
138.viii
138.6
141.9
141.8
142.iii
139.5
140.5
154.iii
159.2
168.vi
174.2
178.4
183.2
192.6
195.seven
202.4
215.7
216.viii
216.2
222.8
231.9
242.6
248.8
246.iii
243.9
234.2
234.ix
228.viii
212.four
200.ix
192.2
2016 207.ane
202.vii
200.ii
191.vii
188.7
182.six
178.three
174.3
162.5
157.ii
160.iv
171.3
Source: CANSIM table 002-0068 (accessed April 13, 2017).

Another factor contributing to fewer beef operations was the lower profitability of beefiness farming relative to crop farming. Active farms that reported beef cattle in 2011, just did not study whatsoever beef cattle in 2016 reported higher acreages of field crops. From 2011 to 2016, on operations that used to written report beef cattle, soybean area rose by 147,045 acres (+74.8%), while canola area increased by 248,663 acres (+20.0%).

Alberta leads in beefiness

Alberta'south beefiness sector consists of a mix of cow-calf and feeding operations and has the well-nigh beefiness breeding cattle in Canada, representing 42.3% (one.9 million head) of the total.

Alberta accounted for 59.6% of the national feeder/slaughter cattle herd. Alberta'south beef industry benefits from close proximity to processing capacity and availability of feed and pasture land. Combined, these factors provide Alberta with a comparative advantage over other provinces in the beefiness sector. In 2016, Alberta accounted for 37.4% of live cattle exports and 74.7% of bovine meat exports to the United States (Statistics Canada. 2017. Special tabulation, based on Earth Trade Atlas Database, accessed April thirteen, 2017).

Dairy cattle numbers decrease while efficiency rises

The total number of dairy cattle reported in Canada decreased 3.8% from 2011 to i.four million in 2016. The number of farms reporting dairy cattle cruel xiv.0% from 2011.

On farms reporting dairy cattle, the boilerplate number of dairy cattle per farm increased 11.9% from 2011 to 100 dairy cattle per farm in 2016. The goal of supply direction in the Canadian dairy industry is to remainder the supply and need of milk and maintain stable production throughout the year and throughout the country through a quota system.

Canada'south dairy type farms are concentrated in Quebec and Ontario, where combined, it is the largest agricultural farm type by gross farm receipts. Quebec accounted for 35.7% of national dairy cows and heifers and 42.0% of farms reporting dairy cattle in 2016. Ontario followed closely backside, accounting for 34.ii% of national dairy cattle and 34.ix% of farms reporting dairy cattle.

The number of small (200 dairy cattle or fewer) specialized dairy farms (operations reporting dairy cattle just no beef cattle) decreased, while the number of big (more than than 200 dairy cattle) specialized dairy farms increased from 2011 to 2016, suggesting that the sector underwent some consolidation.

While some producers left the sector, those who stayed were able to grow every bit quota became available. On farms reporting dairy cattle in Quebec, the average number of dairy cattle per farm increased by 9.0% from 2011 to 85 in 2016. Ontario saw the same trend, with the average number of dairy cattle per farm on farms reporting dairy cattle ascent 12.1% to 98 in 2016.

Producing more than with less

The decrease in the national dairy herd was primarily due to improved product efficiency. Data on the sale of milk indicates that from 2011 to 2016, milk product in Canada increased despite a smaller dairy herd (CANSIM table 003-0011, accessed April 13, 2017).

Chart 3 Total number of dairy cows and total milk production, Canada, 1981 to 2016

Data table for Chart 3
Data table for Chart 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Information table for Chart 3. The information is grouped by Year (actualization every bit row headers), Number of dairy cows and Total milk production , calculated using thousands
and millions of kilolitres units of measure (appearing equally cavalcade headers).
Yr Number of dairy cows Total milk product
kilolitres
1981 1,772,350 seven,328,151
1986 ane,456,463 7,305,174
1991 1,315,178 7,268,742
1996 i,227,732 7,172,203
2001 1,060,965 vii,556,398
2006 996,024 7,435,149
2011 961,726 7,764,331
2016 939,071 viii,441,486
Sources: CANSIM tables 003-0011, 004-0004 and 004-0221 (accessed Apr thirteen, 2017).

Increased efficiency in the dairy industry was accomplished through improvements in feed quality and management, genetics and advancements in engineering science, including the use of robotic milking. According to data from the Census of Agronomics, 8.9% of dairy type operations now employ robotic milking.

Mid-sized farms are more likely to report robotic milking than small-scale and large-sized farms with 44.7% of dairy blazon farms reporting robotic milking having 101 to 200 cows (Table 1).

Table 1
Dairy blazon operations reporting robotic milking in the year prior to the census past size class, Canada, 2016
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Dairy type operations reporting robotic milking in the yr prior to the census by size grade. The information is grouped by Size Grade (number of dairy cattle) (appearing as row headers), Number of dairy type operations, Number of dairy type operations reporting robotic milking, Percent of dairy type operations reporting robotic milking and Pct of dairy cows on operations reporting robotic milking (appearing as column headers).
Size Form (number of dairy cattle) Number of dairy type operations Number of dairy blazon operations reporting robotic milking Percent of dairy blazon operations reporting robotic milking Percent of dairy cows on operations reporting robotic milking
i to fifty one,815 17 0.ix 1.three
51 to 100 4,693 307 6.five seven.5
101 to 200 2,847 420 14.8 xv.8
201 to 500 988 172 17.4 16.vi
501 or more 176 23 xiii.1 12.four
Total 10,519 939 8.9 12.4
Source: Census of Agriculture (3438).

In addition to using robotic milking, the improved efficiencies of many dairy type farms tin can be linked to advancements in animate being housing, milking technology, herd direction and feed direction. In 2015, almost half of dairy type farms reported using automated environmental controls for fauna housing or automated fauna feeding applied science. Investment in innovative technology contributes to the dairy industry producing more with less.

Squealer numbers recover in 2016

The number of pigs on Canadian farms has increased since 2011. Over this period, pig prices rose to record highs earlier decreasing in belatedly 2014 (CANSIM tabular array 002-0068, accessed April 13, 2017). Higher prices, as well as product efficiencies and irresolute markets have influenced grunter production.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Agricultural Outlook, world pork consumption per capita continues to grow, rising 2.eight% betwixt 2011 and 2016. Increased demand from other countries has supported prices and contributed to growth in the North American pig sector.

While the United States remains Canada's top destination for both live swine and swine meat, full exports of swine meat to China has nearly quadrupled in quantity since 2011 (Statistics Canada. 2017. Special tabulation, based on World Trade Atlas Database, accessed April xiii, 2017). Canada's access to foreign markets continues to play an important role in the manufacture's success.

The number of pigs reported in Canada rose 11.i% from 2011 to 14.one million in 2016, while the number of farms reporting pigs increased from 7,371 to eight,402. On farms reporting pigs, the boilerplate number of pigs per subcontract decreased 2.five% to one,677 per farm.

Chart 4 Total number of pigs and agricultural operations reporting, Canada, 1961 to 2016

Data table for Chart 4
Data table for Chart 4
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Nautical chart 4. The information is grouped by Year (appearing every bit row headers), Number of agricultural operations reporting and Total pigs , calculated using thousands and number of head (millions) units of measure (appearing every bit column headers).
Year Number of agricultural operations reporting Total pigs
number of head
1961 223,401 five,332,734
1966 154,328 5,408,580
1971 122,479 8,106,923
1976 63,602 5,789,676
1981 55,765 ix,875,065
1986 36,472 ix,756,569
1991 29,592 10,216,083
1996 21,105 11,040,462
2001 fifteen,472 13,958,772
2006 xi,497 15,043,132
2011 7,371 12,679,104
2016 8,402 fourteen,091,503
Sources: CANSIM tables 004-0004 and 004-0223.

From 2006 to 2011, the number of pigs fell by xv.7%. The decline was attributable to low prices for market pigs, disease outbreaks and higher feed prices, which profoundly affected the profitability of pig product during that fourth dimension.

The hog manufacture has consolidated over the concluding v decades, with fewer farms holding more pigs. From 2011 to 2016, the 11.ane% growth in the number of pigs was driven by operations reporting 50 or more than pigs, which accounted for 99.7% of the pig herd in 2016.

Nonetheless, the increase in the number of farms reporting pigs was driven by pocket-size producers, commonly reporting other livestock or crops in addition to pigs. Operations reporting less than fifty pigs increased from 2,912 to iv,202 between the censuses.

In 2016, fewer farms accounted for a greater number of pigs and a college proportion of gross farm receipts. Out of all operations that reported pigs nationally, 590 operations reported $3 million or more in gross farm receipts. These operations accounted for 7.0% of farms and 65.9% of gross farm receipts on farms reporting pigs, and l.7% of total pigs.

Chart 5 Operations reporting pigs, gross farm receipts and total number of pigs as a percentage of operations reporting pigs, by receipts class, Canada, 2016

Data table for Chart five
Data table for Nautical chart v
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data tabular array for Chart five. The information is grouped by Receipts form (appearing as row headers), Operations reporting pigs, Gross farm receipts and Full number of pigs, calculated using percent of operations reporting pigs units of measure (actualization as column headers).
Receipts class Operations reporting pigs Data table Note1 Data tabular array Notetwo Gross farm receipts Data tabular array Noteone Information table Annotation3 Full number of pigs Data table Note1 Data table Annotation2
percent of operations reporting pigs
$ane to $99,999 45.2 ane.3 3.half dozen
$100,000 to $249,999 xv.4 2.vi 8.0
$250,000 to $499,999 11.eight 4.v 8.6
$500,000 to $999,999 10.8 viii.i 10.1
$1,000,000 to $2,999,999 9.8 17.five nineteen.0
$3,000,000 or more 7.0 65.9 50.7
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note1

Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Render to notei referrer

Note2

Total pigs and operations reporting pigs are based on 2016 data.

Return to note2 referrer

Notation3

Gross farm receipts are based on 2015 information.

Return to note3 referrer

Source: Census of Agriculture (3438).

The recovery of the pig sector has seen sus scrofa farming operations become more intensive and specialized as consolidation continues. Farms reporting 50 or more head reported no other type of livestock in 56.0% of cases, compared with v.5% of farms reporting less than fifty head.

Operations reporting fewer than 50 pigs often adopt to access markets for fresh local food. Direct marketing is the practice through which farms sell agricultural products directly to consumers for human consumption. In the case of farms reporting pigs, this could include meat cuts or value-added products such as sausages or other products from the farm.

Among operations reporting less than 50 pigs, 40.8% reported selling directly to consumers for human consumption, compared with 11.0% of those reporting fifty or more pigs. Farmers are also participating in farm gate sales or farmers' markets in order to promote their businesses.

Increases in major sus scrofa producing provinces

Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba continued to account for the bulk of pigs and pig subcontract operations in 2016. Combined, they accounted for 81.i% of total pigs and 63.ix% of total farms reporting pigs.

All three provinces benefitted from college prices in 2014 and effective disease management. Advances in genetics, nutrition and health accept also benefitted the manufacture. The squealer sector in these iii provinces is marked past a number of large, integrated companies, some of which employ contract growers to raise pigs on their behalf. Compared with cattle, the shorter gestation period for pigs and big litters mean that producers are able to respond more quickly to favourable market atmospheric condition.

Total pigs in Quebec increased 10.0% from 2011 to 4.v 1000000 pigs in 2016. Quebec remained the largest hog producing province, bookkeeping for 32.0% of the national total.

Ontario'due south squealer numbers increased 14.4% from 2011 to three.five million pigs in 2016. Ontario connected to have the virtually farms reporting pigs in 2016, accounting for almost 1-3rd of all farms with pigs.

Manitoba saw the largest growth in the number of pigs, up 18.seven% from 2011 to 3.4 one thousand thousand. On farms reporting pigs in Manitoba, the average number of pigs per subcontract increased from 4,831 pigs in 2011 to v,087 pigs in 2016, largely as a result of the big production units in Manitoba. For farms reporting pigs, Manitoba also reported the highest boilerplate number of pigs per farm among the provinces in 2016.

Canadians eating more chicken and eggs

The poultry sector saw increases in the product of both meat and eggs. The decision to produce more craven and eggs was a result of increased need. Like the dairy industry, the poultry industries are supply managed with a quota system regulating production levels.

Broiler production concentrated in three provinces

Broiler product increased 9.8% from 2010 to one.v billion kilograms (live weight) in 2015 (the last full production year). As was the example in 2010, Canada's largest three broiler producing provinces by volume were Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. With one.1 billion kilograms of chicken meat produced in 2015, these three provinces were responsible for 75.iii% of national production.

Per capita availability of craven and stewing hen reaches record high

In improver to the population growth from 2011 to 2016, increased per capita demand for chicken has contributed to the growth of the chicken industry. In 2015, availability of chicken and stewing hen reached a record high 34.98 kilograms per person in eviscerated weight (CANSIM table 002-0011, accessed April 13, 2017).

Chart 6 Total chicken production in live weight and per capita availability of chicken and stewing hen in eviscerated weight, Canada, 1985 to 2015

Data table for Nautical chart 6
Information table for Chart 6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 6. The data is grouped by Year (actualization as row headers), Chicken product and Per capita availability of chicken and stewing hen, calculated using kilograms and kilograms per person units of mensurate (appearing as column headers).
Year Chicken production Per capita availability of chicken and stewing hen
kilograms kilograms per person
1985 284,485,427 twenty.70
20.96
22.31
23.08
22.64
1990 376,496,556 23.65
23.76
24.27
24.78
26.46
1995 803,497,386 26.25
26.65
27.53
28.37
29.61
2000 1,084,811,510 31.01
32.24
32.60
31.65
32.21
2005 i,183,769,685 32.45
32.85
33.10
33.08
32.74
2010 1,343,516,221 32.94
32.61
32.97
32.97
33.45
2015 one,474,730,401 34.98
Sources: Demography of Agriculture (3438) and CANSIM table 002-0011 (accessed Apr thirteen, 2017).

Turkey production also rises

Turkey production increased 7.1% from 2010 to 210.seven million kilograms in 2015. Like to broiler production, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia were the largest iii producers, bookkeeping for 77.6% or 163.4 1000000 kilograms of national production.

Ontario leads egg production in Canada

The number of table eggs increased 10.9% from 2010 to 616.seven one thousand thousand dozen eggs in 2015. The number of hatching eggs rose 19.3% from 2010 to 64.7 million dozen eggs in 2015. Ontario connected to lead egg production in Canada, representing 38.7% of national table egg production and one-third of national hatching egg product.

Direct marketing besides plays a function on farms producing table eggs. In 2015, 72.1% of all operations reporting table eggs sold directly to consumers for human consumption. Among operations reporting table eggs, 82.8% of those with gross farm receipts under $10,000 reported straight marketing.

Meanwhile, 26.5% of farms producing tabular array eggs with gross subcontract receipts over $3 million reported straight marketing. The majority of these operations sell their products at farm gate sales, stands or kiosks.

Fewer mink reflect reduced profitability

The total number of mink reported in Canada decreased 29.7% from 2011 to 550,660 in 2016. The number of farms reporting mink decreased 31.7% to 194. On farms reporting mink, the average number of mink per subcontract increased 2.9% to 2,838.

The ratio of expenses to receipts for farms reporting mink was 0.98 in 2015, less favourable by 0.19 from 2010. With low profitability in the sector, many operators have exited the manufacture. Nova Scotia continues to report the most mink in Canada, accounting for 45.9% of national inventory.

Goat inventory upwardly in Ontario

The total number of goats in Canada for dairy, meat and fiber increased ii.0% from 2011 to 230,034 in 2016. Ontario accounted for 56.half dozen% of national inventory. The number of goats reported in Ontario rose 12.0% from 2011 to 130,219 in 2016. The growth in caprine animal inventory has been driven by increased demand for both goat meat and milk.

More than sheep in Manitoba

The total number of sheep in Canada decreased four.nine% from 2011 to 1.one million in 2016. This was coupled with a 7.one% decrease in the number of farms reporting sheep.

Counter to the national trend, Manitoba posted the largest increase in the number of sheep, up 43.2% to ninety,423 animals. While Ontario still deemed for the most sheep in Canada at 30.five% of total inventory in 2016, Manitoba increased its share of the national sheep flock to 8.vi% in 2016, upward 2.9 percent points from 2011.

Bison still roam the Prairies

The full number of bison in Canada decreased 4.7% from 2011 to 119,314 in 2016. Alberta and Saskatchewan accounted for almost iv-fifths of the national total.

Bison numbers in the Prairies as a whole accept decreased by less than ii% since 2011. Increased need and better prices accept contributed to keeping Prairie bison numbers relatively stable.

Manure area stable

Manure is a by-product of the livestock sector and is a valuable input for crop production. The expanse of country where manure was applied edged down 1.3% between 2010 and 2015.

This slight decrease in total manure was driven by a decrease in the awarding of solid or composted manure relative to the increment in the awarding of liquid manure. Solid manure is predominantly an output of beef product, while for dairy and hog operations, liquid manure is more prevalent. Lower beef cattle numbers led to the decrease of solid manure. Despite the decline, solid manure continued to be applied to more area than liquid manure.

Chart 7 Total manure acreage by manure type and application methods, Canada, 2010 and 2015

Data tabular array for Chart vii
Data table for Chart 7
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 7. The information is grouped by Yr (appearing as row headers), Acreage, Solid or composted manure, incorporated into soil, Solid or composted manure, non incorporated, Liquid manure, injected or incorporated into soil and Liquid manure, not incorporated, calculated using acres (millions) units of measure (appearing equally cavalcade headers).
Twelvemonth Acreage
Solid or composted manure, incorporated into soil Solid or composted manure, non incorporated Liquid manure, injected or incorporated into soil Liquid manure, not incorporated
acres
2010 2,622,760 i,693,700 1,565,981 1,204,568
2015 2,483,220 one,639,339 1,624,866 1,247,308
Source: CANSIM table 004-0207.

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Specialized dairy performance: Operation reporting dairy cattle (dairy cows and dairy heifers) and no beef cattle.

Dairy type functioning: An operation classified using the N American Manufacture Classification System (NAICS), 2012 is considered a dairy type operation if 50% or more than of its gross farm receipts come up from dairy and milk product.

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