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• Chances someone in the world will contract Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease: 1 in 2,000,000

• Chances a Canadian will die in a car accident this year: 1 in 28,000

• Date on which cattle identification tags become compulsory: July 2, 2002

• Approximate number of heat units this year's crop is running ahead of 30-year average: 150

• Percentage change in farm cash receipts in Ontario for the first quarter of 2001: minus 8.8

• Percentage change for Alberta in farm cash receipts for the first quarter of 2001: plus 11.9

Facts in Review

A compendium of 
Farm Facts from 
recent issues:

June 2001