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Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time in The Daily, Friday, October 3, 2014
Farmers expect lower levels of production for most field crops this year compared with the bumper crops on the
Canadian Prairies in 2013. However, soybean production could climb to a sixth consecutive record high.
At the time of this survey, some Prairie farmers reported harvest areas being subject to damaging weather events,
such as hail and snow.
Wheat
Nationally, total wheat production is expected to fall 26.8% from 2013 to 27.5 million tonnes. Harvested area is
expected to decline 10.5% to 23.1 million acres, while average yield is expected to fall 18.2% to 43.7 bushels per
Saskatchewan anticipates production to decline 26.9% to 13.4 million tonnes. Average yield is expected to
be 38.8 bushels per acre, 19.0% lower than in 2013.
Alberta (-24.0%) and Manitoba (-34.5%) are also expecting lower production.
Canola
Canola production is anticipated to decline 21.6% from the record high in 2013 to 14.1 million tonnes. Most of this
decrease can be attributed to lower expected average yield, down 19.8% to 32.1 bushels per acre nationally.
Farmers in Saskatchewan expect a 20.2% decline in yield this year. As a result, production is expected to
decrease 22.9% to 6.9 million tonnes.
Alberta farmers expect production to decline 17.8% from 2013 to 4.9 million tonnes. This is mainly driven by
a 19.2% drop in yield to 35.3 bushels per acre.
In Manitoba, production is anticipated to fall 25.7% from 2013 to 2.1 million tonnes.
Soybeans
Canadian farmers reported soybean production could reach another record level in 2014 at 6.0 million tonnes.
Production in Ontario is expected to increase 10.3% to 3.6 million tonnes. A 16.8% increase in harvested area is
expected to drive the overall gain compared with 2013. Average yield is expected to decline 5.7% to 43.3 bushels
per acre.
Farmers in Quebec expect overall output to reach the 1.0 million tonne mark for the first time in 2014. As in Ontario,
a larger harvested area (+19.8%) is expected to boost production.
Manitoba is anticipating a stable level of production in 2014 at 1.1 million tonnes. Higher harvested area (+15.8%) is
expected to be offset by a 5.0 bushel per acre decrease in yield from 2013 to 32.6 bushels per acre.
Corn for grain
Nationally, production of corn for grain is anticipated to decline 19.7% from the record high of 14.2 million tonnes
in 2013 to 11.4 million tonnes this year.
The Daily, Friday, October 3, 2014
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In Ontario, farmers expect to harvest 1.9 million acres, a 15.8% decrease from 2013. Consequently, production is
expected to decline 18.2% to 7.4 million tonnes.
Quebec farmers also expect a lower harvested area of corn for grain, down 13.8% to 873,500 acres. As a result,
production is anticipated to decline 15.6% from 2013 to 3.2 million tonnes.
Barley and oats
Canadian farmers are expecting barley production to decrease 30.5% from 2013 to 7.1 million tonnes. A decrease
in both harvested area (down 19.6% to 5.3 million acres) and yield (down 13.5% to 62.0 bushels per acre) are
expected to account for the overall decline.
At the national level, production of oats is expected to decrease 31.2% to 2.7 million tonnes. The decrease results
from anticipated declines in both harvested area (down 20.5% to 2.2 million acres) and an average yield
of 79.7 bushels per acre, down 13.5% from 2013.
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