Corn Canada December Outlook

For 2018-19, corn production in Canada decreased by 1% from 2017-18 to 13.9 Mt due to lower average yield. Adverse weather conditions during the growing season in the three corn producing provinces are the main reason resulting into a significant decline in yields and production of corn, especially in Quebec and Manitoba. Production in Eastern Canada averaged 12.5 Mt of which 70% was in Ontario, 29% in Quebec and 1% in the Maritimes. Production in Western Canada averaged 1.4 Mt of which 89% in Manitoba, 9% was in Alberta, 2% in Saskatchewan, and 0.2% in BC. Much of the decline in production is attributed to lower production in Canada’s three major corn growing provinces, Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba.