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November estimate of the 2009 production ofprincipal field crops
The final crop report for 2009 revealed that Prairie farmers harvested a lesser amount of major crops including barley, oats, canola, spring wheat, durum wheat and field peas. In eastern Canada, soybean production rose in Ontario to a near high of 2.6 million tonnes in 2009.
Drought in many western areas during the germination period and excess moisture in eastern regions held back crop development. Throughout the summer, cool conditions held back crop advancement, leading to harvest delays in many areas. However, late-season sunny and dry weather allowed most crops to reach maturity with a substantial improvement in yield for most major grains compared to the mid-harvest survey results reported in September 2009.
Canola production down
In the Prairies, canola production fell 6.5% to 11.7 million tonnes in 2009, the result of a decline in harvested area.
Provincially, Alberta farmers reported a strong decline with production down 26.9% to 3.2 million tonnes, due to reduced yield and harvest area. Modest production gains were reported in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, mostly the result of new highs for yield. Manitoba farmers harvested a record 2.8 million tonnes of canola, an increase of 9.8% from the previous high set in 2008. Saskatchewan producers reported 5.7 million tonnes, an increase of 1.7% from 2008.
Prairie feed grain production stumbles
Production of barley, oats and dry field peas were down across the Prairies mostly the result of declines in harvested area.
Prairie production of barley fell 20.5% to 8.9 million tonnes, and oat production dropped 37.9% to 2.4 million tonnes. Field pea production also fell by 5.4% to 3.4 million tonnes.
More soybeans in Ontario
Soybean production in Ontario rose by 142,900 tonnes to a near high of 2.6 million tonnes, up 5.8% from 2008, the result of an increase in harvested area to 2.4 million acres.
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