. Agri-news. Agriculture. Census Vital To Farm Energy (cont'd) Farm Improvement Loans Act. The census of agriculture is the only survey that collects com- prehensive data on production factors, and, thereby, provides guidelines for most of the other agricultural data that are collected periodically by Statistics Canada. Agricultural statistics are also useful for estimating the capacity of the farming industry to meet both domestic and international food requirements and for developing strate- gies involved in the export of agricultural products. These are an important source of income for far
. Agri-news. Agriculture. Census Vital To Farm Energy (cont'd) Farm Improvement Loans Act. The census of agriculture is the only survey that collects com- prehensive data on production factors, and, thereby, provides guidelines for most of the other agricultural data that are collected periodically by Statistics Canada. Agricultural statistics are also useful for estimating the capacity of the farming industry to meet both domestic and international food requirements and for developing strate- gies involved in the export of agricultural products. These are an important source of income for farmers and of foreign exchange for the economy in general. Without census data, crop estimates used for international commodity trade might be too high or too low. Provincial and municipal governments also use a great deal of the census data in the planning, developing, executing and monitoring of programs that range from grants and farm price stabilization to urban planning and transportation. It influences such decisions as the location of veterinarians and agricultural extension specialists, assistance to dairy farmers and beef cattle breeders, pesticide control programs, farm iabor pool systems, capital grants for the purchase and leasing of farms, young farmer credit programs and land fertility studies. Census forms will be delivered to every farm household in late May and will be collected shortly after June 3. Information abouJ individual farms and farmers will, of course, be kept confidential. However, the aggregate statistics will be available later to those who need them through publications, microfiche, tapes, photocopies, special tabulations and thematic maps and graphs. Among the end products obtained through this information will be a farm economy that knows where it is going! -30- i j. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not
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