Canadian Sunflower Production Projected Lower
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Canadian farmers seeded 55,900 acres of sunflower in 2019, with Manitoba accounting for about 85 percent of the total. The acreage was down from the 70,700 acres seeded the previous year. Statistics Canada estimates 2019 production at 46,800 metric tons (MT), which compares with the 57,300 MT produced in 2018 and the five-year average of 58,620 MT. Industry estimates peg about two-thirds of the acreage as oilseed sunflower. This represents a shift from previous history as confections had accounted for the majority of Canadian sunflower acres.
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