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Table 2-1
Estimates of spring wheat by type, Western Canada,
November 2008 — Metric
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| Area | Yield on harvested area | Production | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Harvested | |||
| thousands of hectares | kilograms per hectare | thousands of tonnes | ||
| Manitoba | ||||
| Hard red spring wheat | 1,023.9 | 1,011.7 | 3 000 | 3,082.2 |
| Prairie spring wheat | 20.2 | 20.2 | 3 000 | 61.2 |
| Soft white spring wheat | 14.2 | 14.2 | 3 800 | 54.4 |
| Canadian western extra-strong spring wheat | 6.1 | 6.1 | 3 200 | 19.7 |
| Other spring wheat | 16.2 | 14.2 | 3 300 | 46.9 |
| Total spring wheat | 1,080.6 | 1,066.4 | 3 100 | 3,264.4 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||
| Hard red spring wheat | 2,711.4 | 2,695.2 | 2 400 | 6,368.4 |
| Prairie spring wheat | 121.4 | 121.4 | 2 900 | 355.2 |
| Soft white spring wheat | 161.9 | 161.9 | 2 900 | 473.6 |
| Canadian western extra-strong spring wheat | 28.3 | 26.3 | 2 800 | 72.9 |
| Other spring wheat | 52.6 | 52.6 | 2 800 | 146.1 |
| Total spring wheat | 3,075.6 | 3,057.4 | 2 400 | 7,416.2 |
| Alberta | ||||
| Hard red spring wheat | 2,003.2 | 1,987.0 | 3 000 | 5,990.1 |
| Prairie spring wheat | 198.3 | 196.3 | 4 100 | 797.4 |
| Soft white spring wheat | 28.3 | 28.3 | 5 600 | 157.9 |
| Canadian western extra-strong spring wheat | 48.6 | 48.6 | 4 300 | 208.2 |
| Other spring wheat | 28.3 | 28.3 | 4 200 | 118.4 |
| Total spring wheat | 2,306.7 | 2,288.5 | 3 200 | 7,272.0 |
| British Columbia | ||||
| Hard red spring wheat | 18.2 | 18.2 | 2 000 | 35.9 |
| Prairie spring wheat | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 100 | 3.3 |
| Soft white spring wheat | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Canadian western extra-strong spring wheat | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 400 | 2.7 |
| Other spring wheat | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 000 | 0.8 |
| Total spring wheat | 22.2 | 22.2 | 1 900 | 42.7 |
| Western Canada | ||||
| Hard red spring wheat | 5,756.7 | 5,712.1 | 2 700 | 15,476.6 |
| Prairie spring wheat | 341.5 | 339.5 | 3 600 | 1,217.1 |
| Soft white spring wheat | 204.4 | 204.4 | 3 400 | 685.9 |
| Canadian western extra-strong spring wheat | 85.0 | 83.0 | 3 700 | 303.5 |
| Other spring wheat | 97.5 | 95.5 | 3 300 | 312.2 |
| Total spring wheat | 6,485.1 | 6,434.5 | 2 800 | 17,995.3 |
