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 to April
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 7,802
Thousands of acres 22,019 23,155 22,530 22,530 19,280
Yield  
Kilograms per hectare 2,540 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700
Bushels per acre 37.5 40.4 40.1 40.1 40.0
  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 20,998
Total supplies 24,789 25,965 26,219 26,219 24,223
Deliveries 19,631 21,652 20,856 15,422 12,997
Seed requirements 874 908 769 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 2,018 1,765 1,369 .. ..
Ending stocks 2,266 1,640 3,225 .. ..
Total disposition 24,789 25,965 26,219 .. ..
Farm supply and disposition of wheat, Prairie provinces, by crop year: Part 2
  Average  2004/2005 to  2008/2009 Total August to April
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 1,244
Thousands of acres 5,036 5,970 5,510 5,510 3,075
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 36.1
  thousands of metric tonnes
Opening stocks  
On farms 739 50 735 735 2,000
Production 4,653 5,519 5,400 5,400 3,025
Total supplies 5,392 5,569 6,135 6,135 5,025
Deliveries 4,087 4,349 3,741 2,711 2,848
Seed requirements 200 218 121 .. ..
Animal feed, waste and dockage 358 267 273 .. ..
Ending stocks 746 735 2,000 .. ..
Total disposition 5,392 5,569 6,135 .. ..