Canadian farmers to reap 14% less wheat than expected due to drought
In 2023, Canadian farmers will harvest 29.5 million tonnes of wheat – 14.2 percent down from last year – due to hot and dry summer, TASS reports with reference to the Canadian Bureau of Statistics
Agency specialists predict that Canadian farmers will harvest 29.5 million tonnes of wheat this year because of extreme weather conditions in the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Alberta’s wheat harvest is expected to be 16.2 percent less (9.5 million tonnes) than in 2022.
Farmers look to produce 17.6 million tonnes of canola – down 6 percent from last year. It would be Canada’s second-smallest canola crop in nine years.
At the same time, corn is expected to grow by 1.3 percent (to reach 14.7 million tonnes) and soybeans – by 2.9 percent (6.7 million tonnes). The main cultivated areas of these crops are located in the province of Ontario, where the summer was not as dry as in the western part of the country.
Canada is one of the world’s largest wheat exporters.
