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Canadian wheat crop down 3.3% from 2017
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA - Lower
yields due to adverse weather in Canada
are expected to reduce 2018 production of
all major grains except durum and barley,
including all wheat down 3.3% and canola
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survey-based crop forecast of the season.
"Wheat conditions, including lowerthan-average precipitation in several parts
of Canada, are expected to drive down
production and lower anticipated yields
for some crops," Statistics Canada said in
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2018 report released Aug. 31.
"In addition, high temperatures in some
areas may have contributed to an expected
decrease in production and average yields
for some crops."
Production of all wheat was forecast
at 28.987 million tonnes, down 996,900
tonnes, or 3.3%, from 29.984 million tonnes
in 2017, Statistics Canada said. Spring wheat
other than durum was forecast at 21.559 million tonnes, down 607,300 tonnes, or 2.7%,
from 22.167 million tonnes last year. Winter
wheat outturn was estimated at 2.394 million
tonnes, down 461,100 tonnes, or 16%, from
2.855 million tonnes in 2017.
But durum production was forecast at
5.034 million tonnes, up 71,500 tonnes, or
1.4%, from 4.962 million tonnes last year.
"Total harvested area of wheat in Canada
is expected to increase 9.4% from 2017,
to 24.3 million acres in 2018," Statistics
Canada said. "Total yields at the national
level are expected to fall 11.5%, from an
average of 49.6 bushels per acre in 2017 to
43.9 bushels per acre in 2018."
Provincially, all wheat production in topproducing Saskatchewan was forecast at
12.8 million tonnes, down 0.8% from 12.9
million tonnes last year, due to a forecast
13.5% increase in harvested area in 2018
more than offset by a 13% reduction in average yield.
Canola production was forecast at 19.162
million tonnes, down 2.166 million tonnes, or
10%, from 21.328 million tonnes in 2017. The
reduction was based on harvested area forecast at 22.5 million acres, down 1.7% from
2017, and an average yield of 37.5 bushels
per acre, down 8.5%, Statistics Canada said.
Production in Saskatchewan was forecast at
10.1 million tonnes, down 10%, in Alberta at
6 million tonnes, down 12%, and in Manitoba
at 2.9 million tonnes, down 8%.
Oats production in 2018 was forecast at
3.305 million tonnes, down 428,400 tonnes,
or 11%, from 3.733 million tonnes last year.
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Production of corn for grain was forecast
at 13.789 million tonnes, down 306,500
tonnes, or 2.2%, from 14.095 million tonnes
in 2017.
Soybean production was forecast at
7.010 million tonnes, down 706,400
tonnes, or 9%, from 7.717 million tonnes
last year. Soybean production had been

increasing annually for several years.
Of the key crops, the only increase in
production was forecast for barley at 7.992
million tonnes, up 100,300 tonnes, or 1.3%,
from 7.891 million tonnes in 2017 as an
11.5% increase in harvested area more
than offset an expected 9% decline in average yield.

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