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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  2004/2005 to  2008/2009 Total August
2008/2009  2009/2010 r 2009/2010 r 2010/2011 p
Oats  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 1,284 1,295 828 828 672
Thousands of acres 3,173 3,200 2,045 2,045 1,660
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,700 3,000 3,100 3,100 2,800
Bushels per acre 71.2 79.5 80.7 80.7 74.2
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 627 625 1,270 1,270 885
Production 3,475 3,925 2,545 2,545 1,899
Total supplies 4,102 4,550 3,815 3,815 2,784
Deliveries 2,359 2,467 2,518 212 254
Seed requirements 134 107 79 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 852 706 487 .. ..
Ending stocks 757 1,270 885 .. ..
Total disposition 4,102 4,550 3,969 .. ..
Farm supply and disposition of selected coarse grains, Prairie provinces: Part 2
  Average  2004/2005 to  2008/2009 Total August
2008/2009  2009/2010 r 2009/2010 r 2010/2011 p
Barley  
Area harvested  
Thousands of hectares 3,383 3,278 2,709 2,709 2,299
Thousands of acres 8,359 8,100 6,695 6,695 5,680
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 3,120 3,400 3,300 3,300 3,300
Bushels per acre 58.0 63.3 60.9 60.9 61.4
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 1,835 1,115 2,130 2,130 1,925
Production 10,529 11,163 8,879 8,879 7,591
Total supplies 12,364 12,278 11,009 11,009 9,516
Deliveries 4,446 4,387 3,349 337 257
Seed requirements 308 277 227 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 5,639 5,484 5,508 .. ..
Ending stocks 1,971 2,130 1,925 .. ..
Total disposition 12,364 12,278 11,009 .. ..