Farm cash receipts in British Columbia hit a record high in 2019, boosted by an increase of nearly 300 million Canadian dollars ($221 million) in cannabis sales.

The annual growth in cannabis cash receipts in British Columbia far outpaced growth in other agricultural sectors such as dairy (CA$47 million), beef (CA$25 million) and field vegetables (CA$17.5 million), the provincial government reported Tuesday.



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Total farm cash receipts for the province in 2019 reached CA$3.9 billion, an increase of CA$462 million over 2018.

The West Coast province is home to 99 of Canada’s 423 cannabis licenses for growing, processing or selling marijuana, according to Canada’s cannabis license registry.

On a national level, Canada’s total cash farm receipts grew by nearly 6% in 2019, rising to CA$66.1 billion. Crop receipts increased by 3.9% on an annual basis to reach CA$36.6 billion.

National cannabis crop receipts were CA$2.3 billion in 2019, an annual increase of more than 300% during the country’s first full year of recreational marijuana legalization.

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Author: George Scorsis

Mr. George Scorsis has more than 15 years of experience leading companies in highly regulated industries to rapid growth, including alcohol, energy drinks and, most recently, medical cannabis. Formerly CEO of Liberty Health Sciences, Mr. Scorsis leveraged his extensive background in managing growth within a highly regulated environment to expand Liberty Health Sciences Inc.’s cannabis-related platforms in the United States. Prior to joining Liberty Health Sciences, Mr. Scorsis was President of Red Bull Canada where he was instrumental in restructuring the organization from a geographical and operational perspective, growing the business to $150 MM in revenue. He also worked closely with Health Canada on guidelines regulating the energy drink category while also establishing a corporately owned distribution model in volatile markets. As the previous President at Mettrum Health Corp., a leading Canadian cannabis distributor, Mr. Scorsis contributed to the company becoming an industry leader and eventually seeing the organization sell for $ 430 MM. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scythian Biosciences Corp., a research and development company committed to advancing treatment efforts for traumatic brain injury with its proprietary cannabinoid-based combination drug therapy and additional cannabis-related activities across the globe.

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