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| Seeding of principal field crops | |||||||
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| Crop | 2007 (final) | March 2008 (intentions) | June 2008 (preliminary) | Five-year average (2003 to 2007) | 2007 (final) to June 2008 | ||
| thousands of acres | % change | ||||||
| Total wheat | 21,617 | 25,109 | 25,100 | 23,917 | 16.1 | ||
| Spring wheat | 15,215 | 16,584 | 16,434 | 17,317 | 8.0 | ||
| Durum wheat | 4,815 | 5,900 | 6,100 | 5,111 | 26.7 | ||
| Winter wheat1 | 1,587 | 2,625 | 2,566 | 1,489 | 61.7 | ||
| Canola | 14,726 | 14,805 | 15,812 | 13,130 | 7.4 | ||
| Barley | 10,865 | 9,332 | 9,072 | 10,700 | -16.5 | ||
| Summer fallow | 7,710 | 6,850 | 5,785 | 8,589 | -25.0 | ||
| Oats | 5,408 | 4,485 | 4,382 | 4,831 | -19.0 | ||
| Dry field peas | 3,630 | 3,785 | 3,795 | 3,205 | 4.5 | ||
| Soybeans | 2,916 | 2,985 | 2,993 | 2,887 | 2.6 | ||
| Corn for grain | 3,439 | 3,005 | 2,975 | 2,989 | -13.5 | ||
| Flaxseed | 1,305 | 1,470 | 1,510 | 1,749 | 15.7 | ||
| Fall rye1 | 305 | 335 | 340 | 378 | 11.6 | ||
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