The decrease was mainly due to the durum wheat, for which demand on the world market declined. Durum wheat was sown only 4.9 million acres, down 20.9% less than in 2018. But by 8.4% to 18.9 million acres increase in area under sowing of spring wheat. The Agency said Grain Online with a link to the official website Stats Canada.

Canadian farmers have increased the acreage of barley to 14% to 7.4 million acres. More barley planted all the three main provinces of the country, which account for a total of 95.2% of the total production of this crop.

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