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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 May
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 4,764
Total beginning stocks 7,237 6,865 4,406 4,406 6,547
Production 23,782 20,054 28,611 28,611 26,515
Imports 21 23 25 23 108
Total supplies 31,041 26,942 33,043 33,040 33,170
Exports  
Grain 16,020 15,610 18,416 15,252 15,180
Products 284 246 191 158 188
Total exports 16,304 15,857 18,607 15,410 15,368
Domestic disappearance  
Human food 2,936 2,857 2,746 .. ..
Industrial use 247 394 571 .. ..
Seed requirements 953 1,014 991 .. ..
Loss in handling 15 32 38 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 3,611 2,383 3,543 .. ..
Total domestic disappearance 7,762 6,680 7,889 .. ..
Ending stocks 6,975 4,406 6,547 .. ..
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 May
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 1,168
Total beginning stocks 2,080 1,257 819 819 1,903
Production 4,391 3,681 5,519 5,519 5,400
Imports 2 3 2 2 2
Total supplies 6,473 4,941 6,340 6,340 7,305
Exports  
Grain 3,668 3,129 3,603 3,052 3,018
Products 46 46 38 31 29
Total exports 3,714 3,175 3,640 3,083 3,046
Domestic disappearance  
Human food 248 229 236 .. ..
Seed requirements 197 232 218 .. ..
Loss in handling 0 4 4 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 392 483 339 .. ..
Total domestic disappearance 837 948 797 .. ..
Ending stocks 1,922 819 1,903 .. ..
Total disposition 6,473 4,941 6,340 .. ..