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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  2004/2005 to  2008/2009 Total August
2008/2009  2009/2010 r 2009/2010 r 2010/2011 p
All wheat  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 8,911 9,371 9,118 9,118 7,651
Thousands of acres 22,019 23,155 22,530 22,530 18,905
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,540 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,600
Bushels per acre 37.5 40.4 40.1 40.1 38.9
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 2,238 510 1,640 1,640 3,225
Production 22,551 25,455 24,579 24,579 20,029
Total supplies 24,789 25,965 26,219 26,219 23,254
Deliveries 19,631 21,652 20,851 597 1,075
Seed requirements 874 908 766 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 2,018 1,765 1,462 .. ..
Ending stocks 2,266 1,640 3,225 .. ..
Total disposition 24,789 25,965 26,304 .. ..
Farm supply and disposition of wheat, Prairie provinces, by crop year: Part 2
  Average  2004/2005 to  2008/2009 Total August
2008/2009  2009/2010 r 2009/2010 r 2010/2011 p
Durum wheat  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 2,038 2,416 2,230 2,230 1,267
Thousands of acres 5,036 5,970 5,510 5,510 3,130
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,260 2,300 2,400 2,400 2,400
Bushels per acre 33.7 34.0 36.0 36.0 35.7
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 739 50 735 735 2,000
Production 4,653 5,519 5,400 5,400 3,044
Total supplies 5,392 5,569 6,135 6,135 5,044
Deliveries 4,087 4,349 3,741 146 433
Seed requirements 200 218 126 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 358 267 270 .. ..
Ending stocks 746 735 2,000 .. ..
Total disposition 5,392 5,569 6,135 .. ..