Story Posted: June 22, 2006

Latest Stats Canada Estimates Predict Canola Acres Up

Prairie farmers have planted considerably more spring wheat and canola than they had anticipated in March, according to data from the annual June farm survey, which also indicate a record area for dry field peas.

» Click to read the full Stats Canada report on Canola acres

Data from the June survey, Statistics Canada's largest area survey, comprising 29,600 farmers, revealed some important changes from the March Intentions Survey results released three months earlier, when many farmers were not sure what they were going to plant.

Two of the most substantial changes were in spring wheat and canola. Farmers reported they had planted 13.3 million acres in canola by June, up from an original estimate of 11.5 million acres. This put the estimate for canola just shy of 13.4 million acres in 2005.

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