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Table 2
Farm supply and disposition of wheat, Prairie provinces, by crop year

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Farm supply and disposition of wheat, Prairie provinces, by crop year: Part 1
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to March
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
All wheat  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 8,971 8,237 9,371 9,371 9,018
Thousands of acres 22,168 20,353 23,155 23,155 22,285
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,420 2,200 2,700 2,700 2,700
Bushels per acre 35.8 33.1 40.4 40.4 40.0
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 2,333 1,910 510 510 1,640
Production 21,570 18,346 25,455 25,455 24,246
Total supplies 23,903 20,256 25,965 25,965 25,886
Deliveries 18,863 17,094 21,652 13,060 13,619
Seed requirements 871 910 906 53 28
Animal feed, waste and dockage 1,931 1,742 1,767 1,492 1,659
Ending stocks 2,331 510 1,640 11,360 10,580
Total disposition 23,903 20,256 25,965 25,965 25,886
Farm supply and disposition of wheat, Prairie provinces, by crop year: Part 2
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to March
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
Opening stocks  
On farms 786 300 50 50 735
Production 4,391 3,681 5,519 5,519 5,400
Total supplies 5,177 3,981 5,569 5,569 6,135
Deliveries 3,898 3,264 4,349 2,681 2,334
Seed requirements 197 232 218 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 343 436 267 263 181
Ending stocks 739 50 735 2,625 3,620
Total disposition 5,177 3,981 5,569 5,569 6,135