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Global Wheat Production Map

The graph on the left shows production of the top wheat producing countries in 2005. The map on the right shows all 2005 wheat production records from countries across the globe.
* (data from 16)

For more information on global wheat production, see:
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Joint Agricultural Weather Facility's Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles (maps and statistics)
World Wheat Production, Consumption and Stocks
World Wheat Production from Oklahoma State University

Wheat is a significant global crop because it is adapted to many soil types, has a short growing season, offers good yield, and grows well in fairly dry and mild climates (1, 7, 13), although the higest yielding crops require more optimal growing conditions (12). (see figure 1 for 5-year average yield differences in top-growing countries) Global production has been steadily increasing (Figure 2), but the amount of land used globally to produce that wheat has remained level since 1961 (Figure 3), indicating an increase in yield per hectare.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Major wheat-producing countries include China, Russia, India, W. Europe, Canada, Argentina, Australia and the United States (7, 12)[and France in 2005 (16)]. Using statistics from these countries (excluding France because it hasn't traditionally been high producing) we can see that these countries are increasingly producing less percentage of the overal world production (see Figure 4, which shows that world growth outpaces the growth of these countries), indicating that other countries are increasing production (such as France).
Figure 4

For more information on trends in wheat, see:
Future Trends in the Global Wheat Market
Links to current reports.
World Wheat production and Consumption tables from CIMMYT.

References:

1. Wikipedia, November 2005. Wheat & Neolithic entries from Wikipedia

2. International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center, Nov 2005. International Wheat Improvement Network (IWIN)

3. K. Edwards, G. Jellis, S. Shepherd, G. Barker, & J. Parker. Nov 2005. Wheat, the Big Picture

4. Delacy, I. & Micallef, S., Nov 2005. < a href="http://mendel.lafs.uq.edu.au:8080/ICIS5/".The Global Wheat Information System (GWIS), The University of Queensland,

5. Beuerlein, J., 2001. Classes and Uses of Wheat: Fact Sheet

6. WholeHealthMD.com, LLC., 2000. Foods: Wheat.

7. Oracle Education Foundation, Nov 2005. Where Wheat is Grown. Article written for Thinquest Junior Competition.

8. Wroot, S., Pinkersgall, D., and "Oz", (2001). The History of Wheat.

9. "Oz", 2001. Modern Wheat: Wheat Characteristics and Useage.

10. Wroot, S., 2003. Wheat - structure and genetics.

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12. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2005. Wheat Columbia University Press.

13. USDA-NRCS, 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov) Data compiled from various sources by Mark W Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

14. Nov 2005. GWIS - Global Wheat Information System

15. Matthews, D. (Accessed Nov 2005) Wheat Synonymy Tables Project

16. FAOSTAT, 2005. Crops Primary data last updated July 14, 2005, Food Supply Data last updated Aug 27, 2004.

17. Nov 2005. US Wheat Associates. "Wheat Classes"

18. USDA, ARS, Nov 2005. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network -[Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. 12442

19. (http://wire.ndsu.nodak.edu/) Wheat Information Resource (WIRE)

	Global Wheat Production Map
The graph on the left shows production of the top wheat producing countries in 2005. The map on the right shows all 2005 wheat production records from countries across the globe. * (data from 16) For more information on global wheat production, see: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Joint Agricultural Weather Facility's Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles (maps and statistics) World Wheat Production, Consumption and Stocks World Wheat Production from Oklahoma State University
Wheat is a significant global crop because it is adapted to many soil types, has a short growing season, offers good yield, and grows well in fairly dry and mild climates (1, 7, 13), although the higest yielding crops require more optimal growing conditions (12). (see figure 1 for 5-year average yield differences in top-growing countries) Global production has been steadily increasing (Figure 2), but the amount of land used globally to produce that wheat has remained level since 1961 (Figure 3), indicating an increase in yield per hectare.	Figure 1
Figure 2	Figure 3
Major wheat-producing countries include China, Russia, India, W. Europe, Canada, Argentina, Australia and the United States (7, 12)[and France in 2005 (16)]. Using statistics from these countries (excluding France because it hasn't traditionally been high producing) we can see that these countries are increasingly producing less percentage of the overal world production (see Figure 4, which shows that world growth outpaces the growth of these countries), indicating that other countries are increasing production (such as France).	Figure 4
For more information on trends in wheat, see: Future Trends in the Global Wheat Market Links to current reports. World Wheat production and Consumption tables from CIMMYT.