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Wheat: Background

Background Charts

 

U.S. wheat area has dropped from 1980s highs, while yeild gains are slight

 

U.S. stocks-to-use ratio has begun to edge up again with lackluster exports

 

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, U.S. domestic wheat use accounted for over 50 percent of production, more than during the export boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s
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