Historical by-class quarterly wheat data
Machine readable comma-separated value (.csv) data file notes.


Suggested citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Wheat Data.


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Questions concerning the development, use, or interpretation of these
data should be addressed to:

 Andrew Sowell
 USDA/Economic Research Service/Market and Trade Economics Division/Crops Branch

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Historical by-class quarterly data contain a time series of the by-class wheat balance sheet. Included are U.S.
production, exports, imports, consumption, and stocks of wheat classes going back to 1973/74.

- Variable names are contained in the first row:
	MarketingYear..............(Marketing year of observation)
	TimePeriod.................(Time period of observation)
	Commodity..................(Commodity: Wheat)
	Class......................(Wheat class of observation)
	Attribute..................(Data type: Production, Exports, Supply...)
	GeographicalLevel..........(Geographical level)
	Location...................(Location: Country)
	Value......................(Data value)
	Unit.......................(Measurement unit)


- The .csv data file contains one data point per row. These data can be found in the 
  Historical by-class quarterly wheat data. 

- All classes are presented on a marketing year which runs from June 1 to May 31.

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Sources: This data product combines information from USDA, Economic Research
         Service and USDA, World Agricultural Outlook Board, World Agricultural
         Supply and Demand Estimates and support materials. 

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