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Canadian, Ontario Farm Input Costs Up In Third Quarter

The cost of Canadian farm inputs went up almost 7 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013.

Statistics Canada says Ontario input costs went up 6 point 8 per cent in that year-over-year period.

Farm input costs went up 0 point 3 per cent from the second to the third quarter nationally, 0 point 7 per cent here in Ontario.

The numbers agency says animal production input costs went up 14 point 7 per cent year over year.

Crops production input costs went up 3 point 6 per cent.

The increase from the second to the third quarter was 1 point 9 per cent for crops, 3 point 6 per cent for animal production.

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New military crosswalk rendering. (Image courtesy of the Sarnia Legion Branch 62)

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