StatCan report shows more wheat planting, canola planting down despite strong demand

Farmers throughout Canada reported that they’re planting extra wheat than they’ve in a decade, however canola planting is down, in accordance with a current Statistics Canada report.

The report stated farmers planted 25.4 million acres of wheat in 2022, which is up 8.7 per cent from 2021.

Spring wheat’s footprint rose 10.5 per cent to 18.2 million acres, and durum wheat space rose 8.6 per cent to six million acres.

“The rise in complete wheat space could also be attributable to beneficial costs and robust international demand,” the StatCan report acknowledged.

Wheat space is up in Saskatchewan by 10.4 per cent, to 13.2 million acres, as spring wheat space rose 11.7 per cent to eight.3 million acres.

Durum wheat space additionally rose 7.6 per cent to 4.9 million acres in Saskatchewan.

In the meantime, Canadian farmers reported planting 21.4 million acres of canola this 12 months, which is down 4.7 per cent from 2021.

“Regardless of excessive costs, space might have decreased as farmers shifted to alternate crops akin to cereals.”

Saskatchewan farmers reported planting 11.4 million acres of canola, which is down six per cent from 2021.

Growers in southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan handled precipitation firstly of the season that was nicely beneath regular, exacerbating already dry situations from 2021.

These situations allowed growers the possibility to seed at a near-normal tempo.