The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is home to over 300 different farms.
Farm Cash Receipts were $163.9 million in 2023, up 9.8% from 2022.
The largest crop commodity is Greenhouse and Nursery, accounting for 6.1 per cent of total Farm Cash Receipts.
Value of vegetable production remained unchanged at $7.0 million; the top two vegetable crops in 2023 were turnips and potatoes.
The top five crops in 2023 accounted for 71 per cent of all vegetable sales; they are as follows: potato, turnip, carrot, cabbage and pumpkin.
Farm Cash Receipts for fruit production rose 13.0 per cent in 2023 to $1.9 million; with strawberries being the highest valued crop at $0.9 million.
In terms of berries, strawberries are the largest in terms of value, cranberries are largest by volume produced and blueberries are the largest by area of production.
The province has ten commercial apiculture (beekeeping) operations producing a variety of honey and beeswax products plus providing pollination services for crops.
The largest commodities in Newfoundland and Labrador agriculture are Dairy, Chicken, Eggs, Greenhouse and Nursery, and Vegetables.
There were 2,900 sheep in the province with 2,100 lambs born in 2023.
The value of eggs in 2023 rose 7.0 percent to $25.6 million. Newfoundland and Labrador Egg production in 2023 declined 2.0 per cent from the record high of 10.4 million dozen set in 2022.
There were 10,800 cattle (dairy and beef) in this province in 2023.
The volume of milk produced in Newfoundland and Labrador was 47.3 million litres in 2023.
The value of milk production in 2023 was $53.5 million (combined value of industrial and fluid milk sales).
