Canadian farmers intend to plant the most wheat in 22 years, a government report said, as the战争在乌克兰anddrought in the U.S.tighten global supplies.
Statistics Canadaforecast all-wheat plantings at 27 million acres, up 6% from last year and exceeding the average industry expectation of 26.3 million. That would be the biggest wheat area since 2001, reportsReuters.
Spring wheat plantings, the biggest portion of Canada’s all-wheat production, are seen reaching 19.4 million acres, also the most since 2001 and up 7.5% from last year,the reportshowed.
There are doubts, however, about the accuracy of the StatsCan report because its farmer survey was conducted from December 12 to January 14, about two months earlier than usual, noted the Reuters report. Most crop planting on the Canadian Prairies occurs in May.
