AGRICULTURE & AGRI-VALUE

Saskatchewan is known for it’s wide open prairie landscape, so it’s no surprise it’s home to more than 40% of Canada’s cultivated farmland. Saskatchewan supplies more than one-third of the world’s exports of durum wheat, we’re the top export of lentils and dried peas and more than half of Canada’s canola is produced here. Being located so close to these raw goods presents many opportunities for processing food, crop and beverages.

The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre is located in Saskatoon and offers significant expertise in snack extrusion and meat analog development. The centre provides a range of services and works closely with the local and global companies to develop and process products from concept to commercialization.

Saskatchewan is also home to the headquarters of Protein Industries Canada, a new pan-prairie supercluster designed to bring together R&D resources and industry to help develop new products that add value to crops, such as wheat, canola, and lentils, and other pulses

FACTS

• Agriculture in Saskatchewan contributed $6.92 billion in GDP
• Saskatchewan is the largest exporter of agri-food products in Canada, with $13.4 billion in agri-food products exported in 2018, accounting for a quarter of total Canadian agri-food exports
• Saskatchewan is the world’s largest exporter of peas, lentils, durum wheat, mustard seed, canola, flaxseed and oats
• The province accounts for 43% of total lentils exported globally, 32% for peas, 30% for durum wheat, 23% for mustard seed, 22% for canola meal, 26% for flaxseed, 24% for canola seed, 32% for oats, and 73% for canary seeds