Thursday, August 25, 2016

Wheat harvest will be near record


StatsCan says the Canadian wheat harvest will top 30 million tonnes for only the second time in 25 years.

The crop will be 10 per cent greater than last year because of a combination of more area planted (an extra 1.1 million acres) and high yields.

Ontario shattered yield records, up by 67 per cent from last year.

Corn and soybean production are both expected to be lower.

Canadian corn is projected to be down about 12 million tonnes, or 9 per cent, from 2015.


Ontario’s corn crop will be down by 11.1 per cent, says StatsCan, and the soybean harvest will be 15 per cent less than last year.