QUEBEC AGRICULTURE
Quebec province has a land area of 166 744 100 hectares. Quebec is located in Eastern Canada, between Ontario and New-Brunswick. Its borders are Ontario to the West, United States of America to the South, New Brunswick to the East and Groenland to the North-East.
In Southern Quebec, the climate is characterized as mean temperature in January at -10.2°C and July mean temperature of 20.9°C. Annual precipitation ranges from 900-1200 mm, of which 200-350mm is the water equivalent of snowfall. Precipitation is evenly distributed over the year. We have 130-180 frost-free days per year, depending on microclimate. The growing season extends from mid-April to early-November.
There are approximately 30 675 farms in Quebec with the total farming acreage about 3 462 935 hectares. Total gross value of agriculture production is around $6 230 millions.
Livestock farming and corn are the primary agriculture sectors. The other highest production crops are alfalfa, soybean, oat, barley and wheat. Vegetables (sweet corn, peas, beans, carrots, lettuces, tomatoes and much more) are grown on 42 223 hectares in Quebec. The average hectarage of forage has been 568 965 hectares for the past few years, 462 609 hectares for corn.
