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Off Farm Jobs Supplement Rural Farmers Income
A reader argues that farmers increasingly rely on off farm work to supplement income. Statistics Canada 2001 to 2006 show near 50 percent with off farm jobs, with women slightly higher. The piece discusses implications for public understanding and potential mechanisms like local producer barriers and Keystone Agricultural Producers education efforts.
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Statistics Canada
Gladstone
Keystone Agricultural Producers
Manitoba
David Rolfe
KAP
Rolfe
Susie
Joe