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| Production and Value of Honey and Maple Products
2006 Honey Things were sweet for honey producers in 2006 as they reported having the second best year in history. Preliminary data show that Canadian apiaries produced an estimated 95 million pounds of honey missing the all time record by about 7 million pounds. Honey production has experienced ups and downs since the early 90s but the overall trend has been more production over the past 15 years. Alberta continued to be the largest honey producing province with approximately 250,000 colonies and 40% of the nation’s honey production. Maple Canadian maple syrup production slid 8% from last year. Sugar bush farmers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario reported slight increases. Quebec farmers, who represent about 90% of the Canadian maple syrup production, reported a 10% decrease in the volume of maple syrup. This decrease was due to the drop in the number of taps that declined by 3.5 million compared to 2005. Prices were about the same as last year so the drop in value can be attributed to the drop in volume. To date, Canadian maple producers sold $178 million worth of maple in 2006 compared to $192 million in 2005. |
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