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Canada bumps up wheat, canola crop estimates

Published 2015-09-17, 09:30 a/m
Canada bumps up wheat, canola crop estimates

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada's crops of
wheat and canola look larger than they appeared earlier this
summer, after a government agency factored in satellite and
other climate data to its estimates for the first time, but the
harvest would still be smaller than a year ago.
Statistics Canada revised its estimates of crop yields and
production on Thursday, using the additional data along with
findings from its Aug. 21 report, which was based on a farmer
survey.
Statscan estimated spring wheat production at 18.4 million
tonnes, compared to 17.97 million in the August report, and down
13 percent from 2014. That is based on an average yield of 40.5
bushels per acre (39.3 bushels in last report), down 11.7
percent from last year.
Canola production was estimated at 14.4 million tonnes (13.3
million in last report), down 11.6 percent from 2014. That is
based on the average yield falling 7.2 percent from 2014 to 32.6
bushels per acre (30 bushels in last report) as well as an
expected smaller harvested area.
Statscan said barley production looked to increase 0.5
percent to 7 million tonnes, but it would be smaller than the
August estimate of 7.3 million. Oat output looked to climb 10.9
percent from 2014 to 3.2 million tonnes, smaller than Statscan's
previous estimate of 3.3 million.

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