# US&world production of wheat&other grains quantity and $$?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764 "2003-12-03T20:01:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/1 "2003-12-03T20:01:26Z")

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Hi all,

I want to find out how much wheat is harvested and sold in the US and the rest of the world in terms of quantity and total revenue?

How do I go about finding information like this for other agriculture products? Like beef, pork, chicken, rye, barley, rice?

Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/2 "2003-12-03T21:16:18Z")

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The Food and Agricultural Organziation seems like a good place to start:

[http://apps.fao.org/](http://apps.fao.org/)

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/3 "2003-12-03T21:24:36Z")

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Those figures will vary quite a lot from year to year.  
Start here:

[http://www.nass.usda.gov/il/1999/9935.htm](http://www.nass.usda.gov/il/1999/9935.htm)  
Then here:  
[http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y6175e/y6175e05.htm](http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y6175e/y6175e05.htm)

Then here:  
[http://www.cimmyt.cgiar.org/scripts/search/newcimmyt.idq?CiMaxRecordsPerPage=10&CiScope=%2F&TemplateName=newcimmyt.htx&CiSort=rank[a]&HTMLQueryForm=%2Fhtmindex%2F&CiRestriction=wheat+production](http://www.cimmyt.cgiar.org/scripts/search/newcimmyt.idq?CiMaxRecordsPerPage=10&CiScope=%2F&TemplateName=newcimmyt.htx&CiSort=rank%5Ba%5D&HTMLQueryForm=%2Fhtmindex%2F&CiRestriction=wheat+production)

Then here: [http://www.dasnr.okstate.edu/nitrogen\_use/Crop\_Information/World\_Wheat\_Production.htm](http://www.dasnr.okstate.edu/nitrogen_use/Crop_Information/World_Wheat_Production.htm)

Between those sites you should be able to answer your quetsion. At the very least they will provide references to sources that can.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/4 "2003-12-03T21:53:51Z")

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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture loves to compile statistics like this. Try this link:  
[http://www.nass.usda.gov/fl/rtoc0cr.htm](http://www.nass.usda.gov/fl/rtoc0cr.htm)

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**Author:** ![nth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/5 "2003-12-03T22:05:47Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![nth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-world-production-of-wheat-other-grains-quantity-and/216764/6 "2003-12-03T22:14:57Z")

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6.6billion bushels in US  
wheat