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  2. Wheat production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under the Wilson administration during World War I, the U.S. Food Administration, under the direction of Herbert Hoover, set a basic price of $2.20 per bushel. The end of the war led to "the closing of the bonanza export markets and the fall of sky-high farm prices", and wheat prices fell from more than $2.20 per bushel in 1919 to $1.01 in 1921 ...

  3. List of Canadian heritage wheat varieties - Wikipedia

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    A soft white spring wheat. Neepawa, 1969. Similar to Manitou. Developed by Agriculture Canada. Earlier maturing and higher yielding than Thatcher. Pitic 62, 1969. Yaktana 54 × (Norin 10 × Brever). Developed in Mexico. It was the first utility wheat to be licensed in Canada. Glenlea, 1972, (Pembina2 × Bage) × CB200.

  4. Wheat Price Guarantee Act - Wikipedia

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    The minimum price per bushel was set to $2.26, which is known as a guaranteed price scheme. The Wheat Price Guarantee Act was intended to give the agricultural industry time to adjust to the war being over. Simply put, this act was a temporary continuation of the Lever [Food] Act of 1917.

  5. Wheat - Wikipedia

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    Cake flour, pastry flour, and some self-rising flours with baking powder and salt added, for example, are made from soft red winter wheat. It is primarily traded on the Chicago Board of Trade. [75] [76] Hard White – Hard, light-coloured, opaque, chalky, medium-protein wheat planted in dry, temperate areas. Used for bread and brewing.

  6. Wheat flour - Wikipedia

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    Whole-wheat white flour is white flour that contains the endososperm, bran, and germ [8] Enriched flour is white flour with nutrients added to compensate for the removal of the bran and germ; Bleached flour is a white flour treated with flour bleaching agents to whiten it (freshly milled flour is yellowish) and give it more gluten-producing ...

  7. Grain quality - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, wheat is classified into classes and sub-classes. In classes, wheat is split into eight different groups: hard red spring, hard red winter, soft red winter, durum, hard white, soft white, mixed and un-classed wheat. These classes are further subdivided into five grades (US. No.1-5), [15] with the exception of unclassed wheat.

  8. Minneapolis Grain Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The Grain Merchants: An Illustrated History of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Afton Historical Society Press in collaboration with the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. ISBN 1-890434-74-4. Minter, Adam (August 2006). "Gimme Grain!". The Rake. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28; Minneapolis Public Library (2001).

  9. Genetically modified wheat - Wikipedia

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    The unexplained presence of this type of wheat presents a problem to wheat growers when buyers demand GMO-free wheat. [48] Japan subsequently suspended import of soft white wheat from the United States. [49] A Kansas farmer sued Monsanto over the release, saying it had caused the price of wheat grown in the US to fall. [50]