Wheat Information

WHEAT INFORMATION

This page will provide you a variety of information and resources on U.S. Wheat industry.

Production, Consumption and Trade 2008/2009

USDA forecasts global production at record 663 MMT

9% (52 MMT) over 2007/08, 12% (71 MMT) higher than10-year average

Largest producers up: EU (17%), China (4%), Black Sea (10%), India (1%)

Up in North America: U.S. 18% (10 MMT), Canada 22% (5 MMT)

Australia seen up 83% (11 MMT) – several months remain before harvest

Argentina expected to reduce plantings on political problems, harvest down 9%

Consumption forecast to set record: up 4% (24 MMT)

Wheat feeding forecast to increase 18% (18 MMT)

High corn prices expected to shift wheat to feed use

Food use also forecast to rise (6 MMT)

Trade expected to increase 7% (8 MMT) to new record
Import projections

India to fall to near 0 from combined 8 MMT over last 2 years

EU-27 purchases seen down 1.5 MMT on higher production

Iran forecast up 2.5 MMT, Syria and Israel up 1 MMT, Algeria 1.2 MMT

Export forecasts

Forecast up: Australia to double to 15 MMT, EU up 6 to 15 MMT, Ukraine up 5.3 to 6 MMT, Canada up 2 to 15 MMT

US seen down 8 to 27 MMT, Kazakhstan down 2.5 to 6 MMT, Pakistan down 1.2 to 1 MMT

Wheat Statistics

The Facts about Wheat:

Wheat is grown in 42 states in the United States.

Six classes bring order to the thousands of varieties of wheat. They are: Hard Red Winter, Hard Red Spring, Soft Red Winter, Durum, Hard White and Soft White.

More foods are made with wheat than any other cereal grain.

In the United States, one acre of wheat yields an average 37.1 bushels of wheat.

About half of the wheat grown in the United States is used domestically.

The state of Kansas is the largest wheat producer in the United States with North Dakota a close second.

Spaghetti was the number one pasta sold in the United States in 1998 with elbow macaroni coming in second.

Ninety-three percent of Americans eat AT LEAST one pizza per month. (Source: Bolla Wines.)

Approximately 3 billion pizzas are sold in the United States each year.

The graham cracker was named for its inventor, Sylvester Graham, a 19th-century American clergyman and nutrition advocate.

Crackers main ingredient is unbleached flour from soft red or soft white wheat.

What's In A Bushel?

One bushel of wheat contains approximately one million individual kernels.

One bushel of wheat weighs approximately 60 pounds.

One bushel of wheat yields approximately 42 pounds of white flour.

One bushel of wheat yields approximately 60 pounds of whole-wheat flour.

A bushel of wheat yields 42 commercial loaves of white bread (one-and-a-half pound loaves).

A bushel of wheat makes about 90 one-pound loaves of whole wheat bread.