Saskatchewan farmers in 2013 produced the largest crop in the province’s history, according to Statistics Canada.
Photograph by: Richard Marjan
, The StarPhoenix
Saskatchewan farmers have produced the largest crop in the province’s history, according to Statistics Canada.
The numbers even surpass the 2020 target set out in the provincial government’s Saskatchewan Plan for Growth, according to a government news release Wednesday.
The latest estimates from Statistics Canada put Saskatchewan’s 2013 crop at 38.4 million tonnes, exceeding the Growth Plan goal to increase crop production to 36.6 million tonnes by 2020.
“Saskatchewan producers deserve credit for the effort and dedication that went into this record-breaking crop,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said in a statement.
“We set an ambitious goal for crop production and our producers proved they were up to the challenge.”
The 2013 crop is 40 per cent above 2012 production and 48 per cent above the 10-year average.
Saskatchewan’s canola crop is estimated to be the largest on record at 8.9 million tonnes, an increase of 37.5 per cent over 2012. Production levels for wheat, canola, peas, lentils, chickpeas, oats and flax are all estimated to be above the 10-year average.
The numbers even surpass the 2020 target set out in the provincial government’s Saskatchewan Plan for Growth, according to a government news release Wednesday.
The latest estimates from Statistics Canada put Saskatchewan’s 2013 crop at 38.4 million tonnes, exceeding the Growth Plan goal to increase crop production to 36.6 million tonnes by 2020.
“Saskatchewan producers deserve credit for the effort and dedication that went into this record-breaking crop,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said in a statement.
“We set an ambitious goal for crop production and our producers proved they were up to the challenge.”
The 2013 crop is 40 per cent above 2012 production and 48 per cent above the 10-year average.
Saskatchewan’s canola crop is estimated to be the largest on record at 8.9 million tonnes, an increase of 37.5 per cent over 2012. Production levels for wheat, canola, peas, lentils, chickpeas, oats and flax are all estimated to be above the 10-year average.
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