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The USDA reported in its January 12 Production Report that U.S. canola yields in 2011 averaged 1,475 pounds per acre.  This is up 16 pounds from the October USDA forecast.  Planted area is estimated at 1.07 million acres, 27 percent below last year's acreage.  For the 2011 canola crop, USDA estimated U.S. production at 1.54 billion pounds, down 37 percent from 2010. 

In North Dakota, the largest canola producing state in the U.S., total production was 1.28 billion pounds, down 42 percent from last year.  Planted acres in North Dakota totaled 860,000 acres, down 33 percent due to extremely wet conditions during the spring in the northern part of the state. Average yields, at 1,500 pounds per acre, were revised upwards from the October forecast.

Join us Wednesday, February 8th at the Langdon Activity Center for the 15th Annual Canola Day. Attendees will hear the latest information on NCGA Canola Research and market trends impacting the canola industry.  A social will be held Tuesday night at the Stables in Langdon.

Canadian reporting agency Statistics Canada released its updated 2011 Canadian crop production estimates for 2011. Canola production was revised upwards significantly to 14.16 million tons (MMT), up 9.7% from earlier estimates of 12.9 MMT.  Harvested acres rose to a record 18.3 million acres.

Canola production reached records in Alberta (5.3 million MMT) and Saskatchewan (7 million MMT), driven by record levels of harvested acres in both provinces and a record yield in Alberta. In Manitoba, canola production declined 25% due to very wet conditions at planting.

The canola estimate was at the high end of trade estimates, which ranged from 13.5 MMT to 14.4 MMT.