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Hannah Bell

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Wed Feb-09-11 09:37 PM
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Re those "food shortages": The US planted less wheat last year than in any year since 1960 but one.

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Edited on Wed Feb-09-11 10:14 PM by Hannah Bell

The low was 1970: 17,651,000 hectares planted.

The high was 1982: 32,618,000 hectares planted.

Area Harvested 1960/61 v. 2010/11 (1000 HA)

US: 21,012 v. 19,278
Ca: 9,930 v. 8,269

Production 1960/61 v. 2010/11 (1000 MT)

US: 36,877 v. 60,103 (+63%)
Ca: 14,108 v. 23,167 (+64%)

Yield 1960/61 v. 2010/11 (MT/HA)

US: 1.76 v. 3.12 (+77%)
Ca: 1.42 v. 2.80 (+97%)

Domestic consumption 1960/1 v. 2010/11 (MT)

US: 16,082 v. 32,006 (+99%)
Ca: 4,256 v. 8,200 (+93%)

http://www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/psdQuery.aspx

Exports as percent of total production 1960/61 v. 2010/11

US: 48% v. 59%
Ca: 68% v. 76%

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