Canadian farmers will increase the area under canola and reduce the area under wheat

According to Statistics Canada experts, in the new season, the area sown with canola, barley, corn and soybeans in the country will increase, while wheat, oats, lentils and peas will decrease. The forecast was made after a survey of farmers, so further estimates may be adjusted.

Wheat acreage is expected to decline 1.1% from the previous year to 26.7 million acres (10.81 million hectares), with spring wheat acreage remaining at the same level as last season, while winter wheat acreage fell 6.7% in the fall.

Canola acreage could increase by 1% to 21.8 million acres (8.82 million hectares). However, given that the survey was conducted before China lifted tariffs on Canadian canola, the actual acreage could increase to 22 million acres (8.9 million hectares).

Soybean acreage will increase by 2.9% to 5.9 million acres (2.39 million hectares), with the area under soybeans in Manitoba increasing by 12.9%.

Barley plantings will increase by 5% to 6.4 million acres (2.59 million hectares), while oats will be sown by 3.1% less – that is, 2.9 million acres or 1.17 million hectares.

The area under corn will be increased by 1.47% to 3.8 million acres (1.58 million hectares), with the largest increase in the province of Ontario - by 5.4%.

The area under the main legume crops will decrease compared to last year, in particular under lentils - by 5.5% to 4.1 million acres (1.66 million hectares), peas - by 12.3% to 3.1 million acres (1.25 million hectares), other legumes - by 30.7% to 295 thousand acres (119.38 thousand hectares), but chickpea crops will increase by 6.3% to 575 thousand acres (232.69 thousand hectares).