World Wheat Situation: Ratio of Ending Stocks to Consumption
45.0
500.0
40.0
35.0
30.0
300.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
100.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
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All Wheat: Production
World Market: Key Determinants
70 USA Australia 60
• World Supply
50
Adverse Weather – Southern Hemisphere
40
Increasing Input Costs
Million Tons
• Australian production is forecasted down 30% • Energy 30
• Demand for Exports Exchange Rate
20
10
0 2004
2005
2006
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U.S. Wheat (Area Planted 1998)
Hard Red Winter / Hard Red Spring / Soft Red Winter / White / Durum 1 dot = 5,000 acres at the county level (counties with less than 5,000 acres do not appear) Source: Economic Research Service, USDA