Statistics Canada has revealed its most up-to-date survey of principal discipline crop intentions for the 2022 rising season.
The survey was carried out from March 1 to March 29, 2022, and included roughly 11,500 farmers. Respondents had been requested to report their planting intentions for grain, oilseeds and particular crops.
The outcomes recommend that wheat acres are estimated at 25 million, up 7.2 per cent from the earlier yr. Spring wheat space (+7.0% to 17.6 million acres) and durum wheat space (+12.5% to 6.2 million acres) are anticipated to broaden, whereas winter wheat space is anticipated to lower (-13.0% to 1.2 million acres). An anticipated enhance in space for wheat is probably going attributable to sturdy costs and excessive worldwide demand, StatsCan says.
Corn acres are additionally anticipated to rise to 3.7 million acres, up 6.4 per cent from a yr earlier. Ontario farmers stated they intend to plant 2.3 million acres, up 8.2 per cent from 2021.
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Soybean acres stay constant over 2021, with an estimated 5.4 million acres of soybeans getting into, up simply 0.7 per cent. Farmers in Ontario, the most important soybean-producing province, count on to plant 3 million acres of soybeans, up 3.2 per cent from 2021.
Regardless of sturdy international demand for oilseeds and excessive costs, canola space is anticipated to lower 7 per cent to 20.9 million acres in 2022 as farmers shift to alternate crops similar to cereals.
Space seeded to lentils is anticipated to extend by 4.2 per cent to 4.5 million acres. Farmers in Saskatchewan, the place virtually 90 per cent of Canada’s lentils are grown, count on seeded space to rise 5.8 per cent to 4 million acres, offsetting decrease space in Alberta ( down 8.8 per cent).
Farmers throughout Canada count on to plant fewer acres of dry peas in 2022, with space anticipated to fall 7 per cent to 3.6 million acres in contrast with 2021.