FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - CANADA (3 September)
The 1998 cereal harvest is now well underway and one of the earliest on record. It is reported that yields of most major crops are above last year’s levels due to an early planting season, and satisfactory growing conditions. Intermittent rain during the latter part July arrived in time to relieve crops following previously very hot and dry conditions. Wheat output is now forecast at 23 million tonnes, about 5 percent down from 1997 and below the average of the past 5 years. Prospects for the main coarse grains crop (mostly barley), are similar to those for wheat. Aggregate coarse grains output is now forecast at about 25.7 million tonnes, virtually unchanged from last year’s crop; a reduction in barley output is expected to be offset by larger maize and oats crops.
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