OTTAWA — Ontario farms had more than $13.12 billion of farm cash receipts for all farms in 2017, according to OMAFRA, with dairy farms leading the way.
The $2.12 billion in farm cash receipts for dairy products was about 16 per cent of all the farm cash receipts. Ontario recorded more farm cash receipts than any other province.
Here were the top 10 ag sectors in Ontario in 2017, which accounted for 82 per cent of all farm cash receipts:
1. Dairy products, $2.12 billion
2. Soybeans, $1.41 billion
3. Steers and slaughter heifers, $1.28 billion
4. Hogs, $1.25 billion
5. Corn, $1.18 billion
6. Greenhouse vegetables, $922 million
7. Chickens, $843 million
8. Field vegetables, $835 million
9. Floriculture, $524 million
10. Eggs, $402 million
