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Table 1
Supply and disposition of wheat, Canada, by crop year

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Supply and disposition of wheat, Canada, by crop year: Part 1
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to October
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
All wheat  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 9,465 8,636 10,032 10,032 9,539
Thousands of acres 23,389 21,341 24,789 24,789 23,572
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,500 2,300 2,900 2,900 2,800
Bushels per acre 37.4 34.5 42.4 42.4 41.3
  thousands of metric tonnes
Beginning stocks  
On farms 2,377 1,979 541 541 1,783
In commercial positions 4,860 4,886 3,865 3,865 4,773
Total beginning stocks 7,237 6,865 4,406 4,406 6,556
Production 23,782 20,054 28,611 28,611 26,515
Imports 21 23 25 9 71
Total supplies 31,041 26,942 33,043 33,027 33,141
Exports  
Grain 16,020 15,610 18,414 3,904 4,460
Products 284 246 191 53 59
Total exports 16,304 15,857 18,605 3,958 4,519
Domestic disappearance  
Human food 2,936 2,857 2,722 .. ..
Industrial use 247 394 1,039 .. ..
Seed requirements 953 1,014 1,010 .. ..
Loss in handling 15 12 12 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 3,610 2,403 3,099 .. ..
Total domestic disappearance 7,761 6,680 7,882 .. ..
Ending stocks 6,975 4,406 6,556 .. ..
Total disposition 31,041 26,942 33,043 .. ..
Supply and disposition of wheat, Canada, by crop year: Part 2
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to October
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
Durum wheat  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 2,034 1,926 2,416 2,416 2,230
Thousands of acres 5,025 4,760 5,970 5,970 5,510
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,160 1,900 2,300 2,300 2,400
Bushels per acre 32.2 28.4 34.0 34.0 36.0
  thousands of metric tonnes
Beginning stocks  
On farms 784 300 50 50 735
In commercial positions 1,296 957 769 769 1,162
Total beginning stocks 2,080 1,257 819 819 1,897
Production 4,391 3,681 5,519 5,519 5,400
Imports 2 3 2 1 1
Total supplies 6,473 4,941 6,340 6,339 7,298
Exports  
Grain 3,668 3,129 3,601 604 756
Products 46 46 38 10 9
Total exports 3,714 3,175 3,639 614 765
Domestic disappearance  
Human food 248 229 230 .. ..
Seed requirements 197 232 215 .. ..
Loss in handling 0 0 0 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 392 487 360 .. ..
Total domestic disappearance 837 948 804 .. ..
Ending stocks 1,922 819 1,897 .. ..
Total disposition 6,473 4,941 6,340 .. ..