Crops
In 1925, Saskatchewan produced
over half of the wheat in the Dominion of Canada, threshing in
excess of 240,000,000 bushels of wheat.
Rapeseed, alfalfa, barley, canola, flax, rye, and oats are other popularly
grown grain crops.
Horticulture
Horticulture which includes nursery
and floral crops, and fruits became easier
to grow with the development of planthardiness zones.
Major Agricultural Products
Five Largest Agricultural Production Sectors.
Sector
per cent cash receipt
Primary market
grains and oilseeds (wheat, durum, oats, barley, rye, flax seed, canola, soybeans, rice, and corn)
Canada Agriculture Museum
Eastern Canada was settled well before the West. Immigration and trading posts came later to Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories. The early immigrants combined European agricultural and domestication procedures with the indigenous knowledge of the land and animals of the area.
