U.S. acres surprise, Prairie acres parched

New acreage estimates for this year are now out from both Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, surprising Chicago corn and soybean traders, less so for Canadian canola and wheat market observers. Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour and MarketsFarm weather and crops specialist Bruce Burnett discuss those estimates — and how much of that seeded Prairie area can be expected to survive the summer.