Milk production statistics, Laurentides and all of Québec, 2007-2011¹    ( Export to Excel)

Unit 2007 2008 2009 2010r 2011

Laurentides
Dairy farmers2 n 230 217 213 206 205
Total production hl 923,360 912,857 926,722 940,292 945,550
Gross receipts $k 68,783.1 69,369.7 71,074.7 72,830.1 75,820.0
Gross average price3 (in-quota market) $/hl 74.83 76.37 76.87 77.68 80.57
Net average price4 $/hl 69.48 70.84 71.72 72.44 75.01
Cost incurred5 $k 4,629.5 4,704.8 4,614.8 4,714.5 4,894.7
  
All of Québec
Dairy farmers2 n 7,066 6,810 6,606 6,454 6,363
Total production hl 28,472,936 27,925,025 28,330,930 28,685,807 28,789,944
Gross receipts $k 2,106,352.4 2,095,569.0 2,148,784.6 2,198,052.5 2,287,683.6
Gross average price3 (in-quota market) $/hl 74.38 75.51 76.07 77.01 79.81
Net average price4 $/hl 69.02 69.93 70.91 71.65 74.32
Cost incurred5 $k 141,281.4 142,742.2 139,912.8 142,756.8 147,969.9
  

Note: For further information on milk production, see the "Biofood Industry" section of the ISQ website.
  
1. Contrary to some of the Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec's publications, the data in this table do not include statistics on Ontario dairy farmers doing business in Québec.
2. The number of independent producers having sold milk to the Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec.
3. The average gross price is obtained as follows: (in-quota market gross receipts divided by in-quota market production). Subsidies are not taken into account in this calculation.
4. The average net price is obtained as follows: (Gross receipts-milk marketing costs) divided by total production.
5. Includes the principal milk marketing costs: transportation, administration of the joint plan, advertising, the development fund, the recovery plan, penalties, dues to the Union des producteurs agricoles and taxes.
  
Sources: Institut de la statistique du Québec.
    Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec.
Compilation: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Service des statistiques sectorielles et du développement durable.
 
March 26, 2012
 
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