farm product price index
Crop prices drop in January
Farm product prices jump
But be prepared for a slowdown in the rate of increase for grain and oilseed crops, predicts ag economist
photo: Alfons Weersink
Grain, oilseed prices make February prices a net loser compared to 2008
Ontario prices were more than two per cent higher than a month earlier
Farm product prices on the rise
Despite the plunge in livestock prices, farm product prices overall showed an increase of more than two per cent last December over the same month a year before, states a Statistics Canada report.
Crop gains outstrip livestock losses: StatsCan
In its release yesterday of farm product price index (FPPI) information, StatsCan notes that strong gains in crop prices outstripped livestock prices for the same month.