The latest farm income receipts from Statistics Canada show that pot is now becoming a major agricultural product in Canada.
StatsCan has reported that cannabis accounted for about
$2.3 billion in farm cash receipts in 2019, up from $564 million the prior year. Cannabis farm receipts are now about one-quarter of what farmers receive for canola – the country's largest cash crop.
An iPolitics report also said that pot sales helped to increase farmers' realized net income for the first time in three years, and there are now concerns from agricultural advocates that adult-use legal cannabis be stricken from industry calculations as agriculture usually consists of food and fibre products.
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