Quality of western Canadian pea beans 2009

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3. Production review

In 2009, Manitoba accounted for 100% of western Canadian pea bean production. Production and harvested area were down about 25% from 2008, while yield increased by about 5%. Production in 2009 (28 thousand tonnes) was 59% lower than the 10-year average (67 thousand tonnes).

Production statistics for western Canadian pea beans¹

Province	Harvested area		Production		Yield		Mean production2
	2009	2008	2009	2008	2009	2008	1999-2008
	thousand hectares		thousand tonnes		kg/ha		thousand tonnes
1 Statistics Canada, Field Crop Reporting Series, Vol. 88, No. 8.
2 Statistics Canada, Field Crop Reporting Series, 1999-2008.
3 Includes the Peace River area of British Columbia.
Manitoba	16	22	28	36	1710	1630	67
Saskatchewan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alberta3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Canada	16	22	28	36	1710	1630	67

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