New Statistics Canada projections show the country’s grain corn and soybean growers have slightly curbed their enthusiasm for those crops compared to their intentions earlier in the year.
StatCan on Tuesday released the results of its 2022 June field crop survey, conducted between May 13 and June 12, projecting Canadian corn area at 3.633 million acres and soybean area at 5.274 million acres.
Both are down slightly from StatCan’s March 2022 report, which was conducted March 1-29 and released in late April, and had put intended corn acres at 3.715 million and soy acres at 5.358 million.
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The new corn figure, however, is up 4.1 per cent from the 2021 total of 3.491 million. Expected soy acres for 2022 are now down 0.9 per cent from the 2021 level of 5.321 million.
“While global demand for soybeans remains high, poor weather conditions in parts of Manitoba may have impacted total seeded area, as some farmers possibly chose shorter season crops because of seeding delays,” StatCan said in its report.
StatCan’s June report put Ontario’s soy plantings at 3.1 million acres (up 4.9 per cent from 2021), Manitoba’s at 1.1 million acres (down 13.8 per cent), Quebec’s at 955,900 (up 3.3 per cent) and Saskatchewan’s at 45,400 (down 46.6 per cent).
Manitoba’s 2022 area would mark the smallest soy planting in that province since 2013, “possibly because of poor field conditions,” StatCan said.
StatCan on Tuesday put this year’s expected grain corn acres in Ontario at 2.3 million, up six per cent from 2021; Quebec’s at 892,300, up 0.7 per cent; Manitoba’s at 399,900, up 2.9 per cent; and Alberta’s at 14,100, down 18 per cent. — Glacier FarmMedia Network
