For soybeans, yields are expected to rise by 0.4% to 46.1 bu/acre, while harvested area is anticipated to increase by 2% to 5.7 million acres.
In the No. 1 production province of Ontario, corn output is expected to decrease 3% to 9.675 million tonnes due to lower harvested area – down 4.7% to 2.114 million acres - offsetting a 3.1 bu increase in the average yield to 180.1, a new high for the province.
Soybean production in Ontario is expected to rise by 6.9% to 4.314 million tonnes. Harvested area is projected to increase by 7.6% to 3.102 million acres, while yields are anticipated to edge down 0.6% to 51.1 bu/acre.
In Quebec, corn production is projected to rise from one year to the next by 7.3% to 3.587 million tonnes. Yields are expected to jump by 9.1% to 161.6 bu/acre, while harvested area is anticipated to decrease by 1.6% to 873,800 acres.
Quebec soybean production is projected to increase by 7.7% to 1.366 million tonnes on higher anticipated harvested area (+6.9% to 1.063 million acres), combined with a 0.6% expected increase in yields to 47.2 bu/acre.
For Manitoba, corn production is expected to fall by 4.8% to 1.699 million tonnes because of lower anticipated harvested area (-11.9% to 482,400 acres) offsetting higher expected yields (+8% to 138.7 bushels per acre).
Soybean output production in Manitoba is projected to decrease by 14.1% to 1.345 million tonnes. Harvested area is expected to fall by 11.4% to 1.408 million acres. Yields are anticipated to fall by 3% year over year to 35.1 bu/acre.
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