Quality of western Canadian chick peas 2009

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3. Production review

Production of chick peas for 2009 was estimated at 76 thousand tonnes, which was up 13% from 2008 (67 thousand tonnes), but still down 60% from the 10-year average (190 thousand tonnes). The increased production in 2009 was a result of higher yields, even though the harvested area was approximately the same. Saskatchewan accounted for approximately 75% of western Canadian chick pea production in 2009, while Alberta accounted for the remaining 25%.

Production statistics for western Canadian chick peas¹

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Saskatchewan	30	42	57	67	1890	1580	174
Alberta3	10	-	18	-	1810	-	164
Western Canada	40	42	76	67	1870	1580	190

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