Complaints about Statistics Canada’s numbers on mustard, dry beans, canaryseed and other small acre crops popped up in presentations and panel discussions throughout the day-and-a-half Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Conference, which drew participants from across Canada and from 21 other countries. | Getty Images

Small crop traders worry about Statistics Canada data

Analysts blame consistent problems with production and export numbers on insufficient resources at the federal agency

Numbers matter in the special crops world — a lot. That was clear at the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Conference, in which longstanding unhappiness with Statistics Canada’s data on a number of crops kept bubbling to the surface. “I’ve never agreed with StatsCan carry-over numbers on the small crops,” said Kevin Dick, president of […] Read more