Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has released its latest Canadian Agriculture's Productivity and Trade Report.

The purpose of the report is to look at the overall performance of Canadian Agriculture and world markets.

FCC Chief Economist J.P. Gervais explains what sets Canada apart from other countries when it comes to productivity.

"We're the fifth largest exporter when it comes to agricultural commodities in world," he said. "We've been able to grow production on our farms faster than the rate of growth of farm inputs and because of that we manage to grow our exports in world markets."

Gervais notes that 30 per cent of Canada's income in the agriculture sector comes from exports to the United States.

He adds that Canada is always going to rely on the United States, although Canada is starting to diversify away from the US, which Gervais says is a good thing.