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Table A.12 -
CANADA: MARCH INTENTIONS OF PRINCIPAL FIELD CROPS AREA FOR 1998
Seeded area
Change 1998
1997
1998
over 1997
( . . thousand hectares . . . . )
( percentage )
Wheat
11 491
10 622
-7.6
Oats
1 874
2 178
16.2
Barley
5 020
5 024
0.1
Rye
163
244
50.3
Maize
1 053
1 112
5.7
Linseed
732
935
27.6
Rapeseed
4 878
5 274
6.7
SOURCE
: Statistics Canada, 27 April 1998.