OTTAWA (Commodity Online) : Canada Grains Council on Sunday said nearly six million hectares of farm land is now used for Genetically Modified canola.

According to CCC there has been a sharp fall in the amount of land used to grow Wheat since GM canola crops were introduced in 1995.

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Rain brought a needed reprieve to crops in western Canadian provinces, where drought stress symptoms were developing, said the Council

The rains covered crops in parts of northwest and southwest Manitoba, southwest Saskatchewan, the central and Peace regions of Alberta, and the British Columbia Peace region.

The moisture has improved crop conditions, with less stress evident and crops covering the ground better, but additional rainfall will be needed soon to keep pace with crop requirements, the CCC report said.

Parts of the eastern and Interlake regions in Manitoba, and the northern Peace Region of Alberta, are at or above field capacity, and any further rainfall will result in additional excess-moisture stress.

Canola growth and development progressed, especially in areas that were in need of moisture, the report said.

The canola crop ranges from rosette stage, for the latest fields that were re-seeded because of frost, to early pod on the earliest-seeded fields.

Generally, the crop is bolting to early flower in most regions, the CCC said.

Reports of canola germination continue in areas that received their first post-seeding rainfall recently, which resulted in a second flush.

Significant heat for growing degree-day accumulation and additional rainfall is needed in many areas to bring crop development up to normal, the report said.

Nights were quite cool during the reporting period across much of western Canada.

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