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accounting for almost 12 per cent for
the 10 counties. Though fifth in the
ratings, Huron achieves a dollar value of
$2,241,000 and the highest yields per
acre across the province of 68 bushels.
It is not just the cash crops in which
Huron excels. Producers are equally
proficient in various areas of livestock
production.
Huron is close to the top for the total
number of pigs and second for chickens.
Provincial cash receipts in agri
businesses have averaged $5 to $5.6
billion with the farmers spending $4 to
$4.8 billion in farm inputs. Not only is
money spent n machinery, equipment or
supplies which are directly related to the
operation of a farm, but agri-business
employs 608,200 people, according to
the Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
resulting in one in every eight jobs
having a connection to some aspect of
agri-food industry. A
Ontario farmers also contribute a Sj
major portion of federal and provincial _
income taxes, $99 million in 1992
as well as $175 million in —ci
property taxes.
One of Ontario’s Most Productive
Huron, one of the most agriculturally
productive counties in the province, has
the largest, most diversified agri-food
business in Canada.
Huron's dry white beans crop
outshines any other county's, according
to 1994 statistics from the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs.
It ranked second in fodder com and
barley production.
Accounting for less acreage than other
Huron crops, oats rate first in yield per
acre, across the province. With 12,200
acres in production for fodder and grain,
the bushels per acre yield is 70. The
dollar value of production places Huron
second.
Winter wheat is also a generator of
high output; with less acreage than only
Lambton and Middlesex Counties,
Huron achieves one of the highest
yields.
With a slightly lower yield per acre in
grain com, increased acres harvested
enables Huron supply 9.3 per cent of
the crop.
With the lowest number of acres
planted amongst the top five soybean
producers, Huron is third in yield per
acre.
In mixed grains Huron produced 5.4
per cent of the provincial cash
receipts. Western Ontario
counties have by far the Xx--"
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