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Quality of western Canadian lentils 2009
3. Production review
Lentil production in 2009 was 64% higher than production in 2008 and almost double the 10-year average. Both the harvested area and yield increased for 2009. Saskatchewan continues to dominate lentil production in Western Canada, accounting for about 98% of production, while Alberta accounts for 2% of production.
| 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 | 945 | 631 | 1480 | 920 | 1570 | 1460 | 753 |
| Alberta3 | 18 | - | 30 | - | 1650 | - | 9 |
| Western Canada | 963 | 631 | 1510 | 920 | 1570 | 1460 | 762 |
