Provincial agriculture ministry estimates are lower than Statistics Canada’s numbers, and analysts weigh in on who’s right
WINNIPEG — The size of the 2024 canola crop has become a controversial topic in Western Canada. Most market analysts believe it’s much smaller than the 38 bushel per acre average and 19 million tonne estimate, which Statistics Canada published in September. In late October, Saskatchewan Agriculture pegged the provincial canola yield at 33 bu. […] Read moreTag Archives Meghan Rosso
Crops ‘look good’ but slow
SASKATOON — Statistics Canada’s latest satellite-based map of vegetative growth in the Canadian Prairies is missing the colour green. The Crop Condition Assessment Program (CCAP) map for the week ending June 16 was all yellow and brown. Related stories: That means crop conditions across the Prairies at this early stage of the growing season are […] Read more
