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Buyers, Exports & Processing Information
for Sunflowers
The largest producer
of the three Prairie Provinces, Manitoba has been growing
sunflower seed since the early 1940s.
In 2001, 155,000 acres
of sunflowers were planted and 140,000 acres harvested
to produce 204.7 million pounds of seed, 8.8 percent less
than the 2000 crop and only 44.5 percent of the record
1979 crop of 460.0 million pounds. Manitoba produced 89
percent of the Canadian sunflower seed crop in 2001, down
from a high of 96.0 percent in 1981.
Yields averaged 1,462
pounds per acre in 2001 compared to a 10-year average
of 1,354 pounds per acre and 1,550 pounds per acre in
2000. The largest average yield on record was 1,586 pounds
per acre in 1990.
Market Report
Stats Can Market Outlook: AAFC Canada: Pulses and Special Crops
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