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Table 8
Farm supply and disposition of selected coarse grains, Prairie provinces

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Farm supply and disposition of selected coarse grains, Prairie provinces: Part 1
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to April
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
Oats  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 1,270 1,635 1,295 1,295 795
Thousands of acres 3,137 4,040 3,200 3,200 1,965
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,560 2,600 3,000 3,000 3,100
Bushels per acre 67.6 67.9 79.5 79.5 80.4
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 576 420 625 625 1,270
Production 3,261 4,233 3,925 3,925 2,437
Total supplies 3,837 4,653 4,550 4,550 3,707
Deliveries 2,216 3,044 2,467 1,784 1,863
Seed requirements 140 128 107 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 854 856 706 .. ..
Ending stocks 627 625 1,270 .. ..
Total disposition 3,837 4,653 4,550 .. ..
Farm supply and disposition of selected coarse grains, Prairie provinces: Part 2
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to April
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
Barley  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 3,539 3,768 3,278 3,278 2,709
Thousands of acres 8,745 9,310 8,100 8,100 6,695
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,980 2,700 3,400 3,400 3,300
Bushels per acre 55.5 50.6 63.3 63.3 60.9
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 1,802 1,070 1,115 1,115 2,130
Production 10,515 10,255 11,163 11,163 8,879
Total supplies 12,317 11,325 12,278 12,278 11,009
Deliveries 4,501 5,174 4,387 3,306 2,571
Seed requirements 322 300 277 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 5,658 4,736 5,501 .. ..
Ending stocks 1,835 1,115 2,130 .. ..
Total disposition 12,317 11,325 12,278 .. ..