OTTAWA — Ontario farmers plan to grow more corn and soybeans over last year — a record acreage in corn’s case — according to the latest Statistics Canada survey of planting intentions.
Ontario producers were among 11,500 Canadian farmers surveyed March 1-29. This province’s corn crop is expected to rise 8.2% to 2.3 million acres in 2022, surpassing the previous record of 2.2 million acres planted in 2012.
Ontario farmers plan to grow just over 3 million acres of soybeans, up 3.2% from 2021 but not a record.
