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Farm Operations in the 2016 Census of Agriculture

 
Next, we continue looking at some statistics from the 2016 Census of Agriculture, on farm operators and farm operations in Alberta and nationally. Yesterday, Austin Leitch, research analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, discussed the number of farms and farm operators in Alberta and also demographics when it comes to age. Today, he takes a look at gender and paid non-farm work.
 

Interview with Austin Leitch (2:36 minutes) (1.19 Mb)

 

 

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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