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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.
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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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