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Copyright © 2003 Eastern Ontario Farmers Forum Inc. All Rights Reserved |
JANUARY 2003
FARM FACTS
| Number of times agriculture was mentioned in the House of Commons in December | . . . . . . 11 |
| Number of times a Quebec MP asked a question in the House in December | . . . . . . 8 |
| Number of times an Ontario MP asked a question in the House in December | . . . . . .0 |
| Number of car-deer collisions in Ontario in 2000, says Ministry of Transportation | . . . . . .10,386 |
| Total number of car-deer collisions in Ontario in a 12-year period to the end of 2000 | . . . . . .90,349 |
| Number of minutes for a farmer in 1951 to milk a cow in a 20-cow herd | . . . . . .8 |
| Number of minutes required of farmer in 2002 to milk one cow in a 100-cow freestall barn | . . . . . .0.7 |
| Average per cent increase in farm gate prices over past 50 years | . . . . . .350% |
| Per cent increase in the cost of a litre of gas over past 50 years | . . . . . .1,000% |
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Facts in Review |
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A compendium of December 2002 |