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The Farm Input Price Index increased 0.1% in the third quarter.
Animal production (+1.8%) put upward pressure on the index while crop production (-2.0%) put downward pressure on the index.
The index rose in seven provinces in the third quarter. Quebec (+1.6%) and British Columbia (+2.1%) contributed the most to the national advance.
Nationally, farm input prices increased 0.4% between the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2013.
General business costs (+4.5%) contributed the most to the year-over-year price movement.
The index rose in eight provinces between the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2013. The largest contribution to the gain was in British Columbia (+4.6%).
Available in CANSIM: table CANSIM table328-0015.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number2305.
The Farm Input Price Index for the fourth quarter of 2013 will be released on April 15.
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