Manitoba Sees Increase In Spring Wheat, Canola, And Soybean Acres

Jul 01, 2015

In its updated seeded acreage report, Statistics Canada is showing that Manitoba farmers either planted or intended to plant more spring wheat, canola, and soybeans compared to 2014.

Provincially, 3.0 million acres of spring wheat went into the ground, which is up 17.3 per cent from last year.

Nationally, 5.8 million acres of durum wheat was planted, in addition to 17.1 million acres of spring wheat for a total increase 1.3 per cent.

For canola, Manitoba saw a 4.7 per cent increase with a total of 3.1 million acres.

Canola was down 2.4 per cent nationally with a total of 19.8 million.

Manitoba farmers also reported a 4.7 per cent increase in soybeans with 1.3 million acres seeded.

Across Canada, soybeans failed to reach last year's record high, down 2.5 per cent to 5.4 million acres.

Source : PortageOnline

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