AGRICULTURAL PROFILE|2006
As of the 2006 Statistics Canada Census of Agriculture, Antigonish County made up 6.0 percent of all farms in Nova Scotia. In 2006, the leading agriculture sector in terms of number of farms was beef farming. The county produced $24,647,88 in gross farm receipts (excluding forest products), accounting for 4.8 percent of all gross farm receipts in the province, making Antigonish county the seventh largest county in terms of agricultural production.
2001 2006 % change NS 2006 County/NS
Number of farms 235 226 -3.8% 3,795 6.0%
Total farm area 29,899 29,024 - 2.9% 403,044 7.2% (hectares)
Average size of farm 127.2 128.4 +0.9% 106.2 121% (hectares)
2001 2006 % change NS 2006 County/NS Gross farm receipts (exc forest products) $23,145,630 $24,647,887 +6.5% $509,520,691 4.8%
Average per farm $98,492 $109,061 +10.7% $134,261 81.2%
Farms by Size Agriculture Land Use in Antigonish 70 6% 60 28%
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Fa 30 0% 5% 20 54%
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Land in crops (excluding Christmas tree area) 0
9 9 r Summerfallow land 0 9 1 6 79 39 99 59 59 599 239 87 ve o 129 1 2 3 5 7 119 , , , ,5 o < 1 o o o o o 1, 1 2 2 3 t to o o o o Tame or seeded pasture 10 t 0 o t t t t nd 7 a 130 t 180 t 240 t 400 t 560 60 t 0 7 120 600 240 880 2 Natural land for pasture ,5 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 Christmas tree area, woodlands and wetlands Acres/Farm All other land
Business Development and Economics Division www.gov.ns.ca/agri/bde Farms classified by industry (North American Industry Classification System), census year 2006,
Item Quantity Percentage of Nova Scotia Total farms 226 6% Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots 59 8% Nursery and tree production 39 9% Fruit and tree-nut farming 38 4% Dairy cattle and milk production 34 11% Hay farming 20 7% Horse and other equine production 10 5% Livestock combination farming 8 5% Floriculture production 5 5% Broiler and other meat-type chicken production 3 4% Hog and pig farming 2 4% Chicken egg production 2 4% All other miscellaneous crop farming 2 2% Sheep farming 1 2% Fur-bearing animal and rabbit production 1 1% Potato farming 1 6% Other food crops grown under cover 1 3% Turkey production 0 0% Poultry hatcheries 0 0% Combination poultry and egg production 0 0% Other poultry production 0 0% Goat farming 0 0% Apiculture 0 0% All other miscellaneous animal production 0 0% Soybean farming 0 0% Oilseed (except soybean) farming 0 0% Dry pea and bean farming 0 0% Wheat farming 0 0% Corn farming 0 0% Other grain farming 0 0% Other vegetables (except potato) and melon farming 0 0% Mushroom production 0 0% Tobacco farming 0 0% Fruit and vegetable combination farming 0 0%
Farms classified by gross farm Quantity Operator Characteristics Quantity receipts
Under $10,000 64 Total number of operators 285 $10,000 to $24,999 53 $25,000 to $49,999 32 Total male operators $50,000 to $99,999 16 230 $100,000 to $249,999 27 $250,000 to $499,999 22 Total female operators 55 $500,000 to $999,999 11 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 1 Average age of principle 51.5 $2,000,000 and up 0 operator
Business Development and Economics Division www.gov.ns.ca/agri/bde