Record Highs Across Most Crops Leaves Oats Behind

Jul 04, 2023

It has been reported that farmers in Canada are planting more wheat, canola, barley, corn and soybeans, but fewer acres oats, lentils and dry peas according to the June 2023 Field Crop Survey.

Conditions have been favourable throughout the western part of Canada which helped producers seed in a timely manner. Seeding was nearly completed at the end of May in Alberta which is ahead of the average time because of warm, dry conditions. In both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, planting was slightly behind average due to too much moisture.

Field conditions in Eastern Canada were also favourable and allowed for good seeding progress. In Ontario and Quebec, seeding was mostly complete by mid-May with normal temperature and dry conditions, except for parts of eastern Ontario and western Quebec. In Atlantic Canada, seeding made good progress even with below normal precipitation.

According to the crop survey, wheat levels are the highest seen in over two decades. This large increase will help with making prices more favourable and meeting global demand.

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Video: New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Funded by Sask Wheat, the Wheat Pre-Breeding Chair position was established to enhance cereal research breeding and training activities in the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC) by accelerating variety development through applied genomics and pre-breeding strategies.

“As the research chair, Dr. Valentyna Klymiuk will design and deploy leading-edge strategies and technologies to assess genetic diversity for delivery into new crop varieties that will benefit Saskatchewan producers and the agricultural industry,” said Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (PhD), dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask. “We are grateful to Sask Wheat for investing in USask research as we work to develop the innovative products that strengthen global food security.”

With a primary focus on wheat, Klymiuk’s research will connect discovery research, gene bank exploration, genomics, and breeding to translate gene discovery into improved varieties for Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.