Cash receipts from milk and cream sold off farms — AI AnalysisCanada's cash receipts from milk and cream sold off farms grew 473.7% over nearly five decades, rising from $1.6 billion in 1976 to a peak of $9.15 billion in 2025, based on 73,041 valid monthly records across 11 provinces and 29 financial categories. The data is heavily right-skewed — with a mean oKey Findings

Cash receipts from milk and cream grew 473.7% nationally, from approximately $1.60 billion in 1976 to a record $9.15 billion in 2025, reflecting consistent long-term growth across all decades.

The dataset is heavily right-skewed, with a mean value of $20,988K — roughly 28 times higher than the median of $754K — driven by a small number of very large national-level receipt figures.

Values span an enormous range, from -$11,210K (deductions such as transportation, promotion, and levies) to $841,018K, across 73,041 valid records out of 112,425 total.

Nine outlier months were detected using a rolling z-score method (|z| > 2), representing periods where monthly receipts deviated significantly from the 12-month rolling average trend.

The standard deviation of $71,338K is more than three times the mean, confirming the data is highly variable and far from normally distributed across its 29 financial categories.

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