Statistical commodity review

A statistical review of various commodities in New Brunswick for the years 2023 and 2024.

New Brunswick farm cash receipts, thousand dollars

Type of cash receipts (Thousand dollars) 2023 2024
Cannabis  253,225 254,303
Potatoes  262,907 252,763
Milk  147,205 153,639
Chicken 110,226* 106,173*
Cattle and calves 67,012 79,354
Floriculture, nursery, and sod  59,572 61,634
Maple products 20,735 51,924
Eggs  41,219 41,817
Blueberries  25,705 23,374
Christmas trees 21,644 21,880
Hogs  13,900 12,347
Field vegetables  9,712 10,797
Turkey 10,427* 8,740*
Cranberries  8,193 8,911
Grain corn  13,619 8,454
Soybeans  4,987 7,615
Apples  x 5,042
Barley  4,304 4,879
Forest products 5,127 4,767
Oats  7,103 3,895
Greenohouse vegetables  2,380 3,058
Wheat 3,399 2,953
Strawberries 2,655 2,883
Hay 2,221 1,893
Canola 1,049 1,611
Sheep and lambs 1,198 1,540
Honey  1,236 1,023
  • Farm cash receipts represent revenues from the sale of agricultural commodities. All inter-farm sales within New Brunswick are excluded from farm cash receipts to avoid double counting, however, farm-to-farm sales between provinces are included as are all sales outside the sector.
  • Chicken and turkey receipts for New Brunswick were suppressed by Statistics Canada due to confidentiality requirements. As a result, these are estimates based on data retrieved from Chicken Farmers of Canada and Turkey Farmers of Canada.
  • *: estimate
  • x:  suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
  • Sources: Statistics Canada (Table 32-10-0045-01), Turkey Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries.