How are Census of Agriculture data used?
Census of Agriculture data are used by • the farm operator to formulate production, marketing and investment decisions; • agricultural producer groups to inform their members about industry trends and developments, to put the viewpoint of operators before legislators and the Canadian public, and to defend their interests in international trade negotiations; • governments to make policy decisions concerning agricultural credit, crop insurance, farm support, transportation, market services and international trade; • Statistics Canada to produce annual estimates between censuses for the agriculture sector; • businesses when marketing products and services, and when making production and investment decisions; • academics to conduct research on the agriculture sector.
