Released: 2016-01-08

Prices received by farmers in November for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available.

The November Saskatchewan hogs price was $63.63 per hundredweight, down 20.3% from October and down 24.7% from November 2014 when the price was $84.52.

The Quebec corn price in November was $196.00 per tonne, down 12.5% from October but up 2.6% from November 2014 when the price was $191.00.

Note to readers

Farm commodity prices are now available in CANSIM. Prices for over 35 commodities are available by province, with some series going back 35 years. Data on prices are extracted from administrative files and derived from Statistics Canada surveys.

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Original Document: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160108/dq160108c-eng.htm