Canada: Canada barley planting projected to fall in 2014/2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Canada issued a report about grain planting in the country, Reuters reported on April 7. The following are selected highlights from the report:

The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) attache said plantings of wheat, barley, oats and corn will decline in the 2014/15 marketing season after slow rail transportation to market created burdensome stockpiles of the commodities.

"The large crop combined with logistical issues that slowed down the movement of the crop to export positions has resulted in producers having to make seeding decisions without knowing exactly what will be the carry-over from the current crop," the attache said in a report dated April 2 and released on April 7.

"With carry-over stocks that are significantly higher than average for wheat, durum, barley and corn, there is the expectation that there will be reduced acreage seeded to these crop compared to 2013 levels," the attache said.

Attache reports are not official USDA data.

11 April, 2014