A farmer drives a combine, harvesting a wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., on Sept. 9, 2021.
Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase. Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase.
But Canada also ranked third for wheat production last year in spite of the drought, because Australian farmers suffered through their own weather-related challenges impacting crop volumes. Canada shipped close to 21.8 megatonnes of wheat to 65 countries in 2023-24, with the top five destinations being China, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh and the U.S., according to AAFC.
Durum wheat, a variety of wheat that is used to make pasta and is grown in Canada's southern prairie provinces, is seeing strong demand from Europe and North Africa. The Canadian Grain Commission has said durum exports from Canada through the country's licensed elevator system are running approximately 25 per cent ahead of last year's figures so far this fall.
"In Canada we've worked really hard on our wheat genetics to withstand some of the drought stress that maybe previous varieties of wheat didn't have," Oke said.
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