Production in the west of the country fell 1.7 percent.
But production also fell among most of the other main market and industry groups.
Instead production fell by more than 10 percent from the previous year.
Production fell to a low of 48,000 acres in 2000.
Production fell 18 percent in the first quarter of 2005.
Many firms believe production will fall - and more jobs are expected to be lost.
Industrial production fell by nearly 45% between 1929 and 1932.
But last year, Canadian production fell for the first time since 1986.
Industry officials say that global production will fall 25 percent short of demand this year.
The agricultural production fell by 54% between 1989 and 1994.