Canadian farmers expect to plant more canola, barley, soybeans and corn for grain in 2026, while they anticipate area seeded to wheat, oats, lentils and dry peas to decrease compared with the previous year.
Wheat
At the national level, farmers anticipate planting 26.7 million acres of wheat in 2026, down 1.1% from the previous year. If this anticipation is realized, national wheat area would remain well above the five-year average, despite a decrease from 2025, which would likely be attributable to continued strong global demand.
Producers expect spring wheat area to edge down 0.1% to 18.8 million acres in 2026. They anticipate durum wheat area to decrease 2.4% to 6.4 million acres, while they expect winter wheat area to fall 6.7% to 1.6 million acres.
Farmers in Saskatchewan anticipate planting 13.9 million acres of wheat in 2026, down 1.0% from the previous year. Producers expect spring wheat area to fall 0.6% to 8.7 million acres, while they anticipate durum wheat area to remain at 5.1 million acres.
In Alberta, farmers expect total wheat area to edge up 0.3% to 8.1 million acres because of higher spring wheat area (+3.6% to 6.8 million acres). Meanwhile, they expect durum wheat area (-11.8% to 1.2 million acres) to decrease.
Manitoba farmers anticipate planting 3.1 million acres of wheat in 2026, down 5.1% from one year earlier.
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