Measuring farm profitability and financial performance

From CAPI Update, Winter 2009

New measurements of farm income need to be published if farmers, governments, and suppliers of credit are to gain a better understanding of how the sector is faring in Canada, says a new CAPI report called Measuring Farm Profitability and Financial Performance.

Produced with the support and collaboration of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Statistics Canada, and other stakeholders, the report is based on feedback from more than 100 individuals who attended five workshops that CAPI held across Canada in the spring of 2008. The workshops followed three years of research overseen by CAPI on the economic performance of business segments in the farm sector.