date:Apr 25, 2013
.1 million acres, up 2% from a year earlier.
Canola planting intentions were estimated at 19.1 million acres, down 11% from record seedings of 21.5 million acres in 2012 and the first decline in total plantings since 2006, Statistics Canada said. The decrease was mainly the result of an 11% decline, to 10 million acres, in the largest producing canola province of Saskatchewan, but declines of 9% also were expected in Alberta at 6 million acres and of 16% in Manitoba at 3 million acres. Canola p