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- Canadian farmers used about 40% less water to irrigate their crops in 2020 compared with two years earlier, mostly due to more rainy conditions in Canada. Most of the irrigated water was used for field or forage crops. Canadian agricultural producers used approximately 1.8 billion cubic metres of water to irrigate their crops in 2020.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/211213/dq211213d-eng.htmThe Daily — Agricultural Water Survey, 2020 - Statistics Canada
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Canadian farmers used about 40% less water to irrigate their crops in 2020 compared with two years earlier, mostly due to more rainy conditions in Canada. Most of the irrigated water was used for field or forage crops.
Oct 17, 2023 · Canadian farmers used 23% more water to irrigate their crops in 2022 compared with two years earlier, mostly due to drier conditions in Canada. Most of the irrigated water was used for field or forage crops.
For example, in 2020, because there was more rainfall, Canadian farmers used 40% less water to irrigate their crops compared with two years earlier. 3 Well-watered plants grow more food and farmers can grow a bigger variety of crops.
Mar 13, 2024 · When there is not enough water, irrigation comes into play. Canadian farmers drew 2.2 billion cubic metres of water to irrigate their crops in 2022, up by almost one-quarter (23%) from a year earlier. The increase was mostly due to dry conditions in Alberta.
Within the resulting 15 geographic strata, the population was divided into sub-strata based on their predicted water use for irrigation modeled from the 2021 Census of Agriculture data and the Agricultural Water Survey (AWS).
May 17, 2023 · In 2020, 95,713 farms reported at least one type of technology being used on the farm, which accounted for 50.4% of total farms in Canada. In particular, 32.0% of farms in Canada reported using a soil sample test in 2020.
Dec 18, 2020 · For 2020-2021, the outlook incorporates the results of Statistics Canada’s (STC) November Farm Survey of crop production which was released on December 3, 2020, and covered approximately 26,800 Canadian farms. These are the final survey-based production estimates for 2020 and replace the model-based