Saskatchewan is vast - 651,900 km2 (251,718 mi2) - almost the size of Texas and has 44 per cent of Canada's total cultivated farmland. Total value of Saskatchewan crops exported in 2003, was 2,783 M.
On May 15, 2001 Census Canada released the Agriculture 2001 Census Data. Data specific to Saskatchewan on various topics has been summarized in Census StatFacts.
The 2001 Census of Agriculture recorded 50 598 Saskatchewan census farms at May 15, 2001. During 2000, the area of farms treated with fertilizer, herbicides and irrigation decreased.