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Saskatchewan grows more than 75 per cent of peas produced in Canada.

Livestock statistical data on production and prices.
Inventory of breeding and market hogs or pigs in Canada, by province, including Saskatchewan.
A weekly update of what is happening in the Saskatchewan beef markets.

Statistics Canada's semi-annual survey estimates the number of cattle and calves on Saskatchewan farms.

Collection of production and export statistics about Canada and Saskatchewan's dairy industries.
Saskatchewan egg producers are part of a large national network made up of egg farmers, food processors and provincial egg marketing boards.
Monthly hog or pork market update is a report that reviews the current and projected production and financial situation in the hog or pork industry.

Statistics Canada's semi-annual survey estimates total pigs on Saskatchewan farms at 1.21 million head on January 1, 2008 - down 10 per cent from the January 1, 2007 estimate of 1.35 million head.

Majority of pork products, excluding bacon, are exported to Japan , Mexico and the United States . Bacon accounts for approximately 60 per cent of all Saskatchewan pork exports.

Key Sector Trends

Statistics Canada's semi-annual survey estimates sheep and lambs on Saskatchewan farms at 88 000 head on January 1, 2008 - down 7 per cent from the January 1, 2007 estimate of 95 000 head.

The 2006 Census of Agriculture recorded information on various classes of specialized livestock and poultry.

Saskatchewan producers are raising bison, elk, deer, wild boars, goats, emus and ostriches.

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