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List of countries by wheat production. A map of worldwide wheat production in. Wheat is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world. The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report ...
Canada Grain Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. G-10) Website. https://grainscanada.gc.ca. The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC; French: Commission canadienne des grains) is an agency of the Canadian government responsible for regulation of the grain -handling industry in Canada, as well as to protect producers' rights and ensure the integrity of grain ...
Canada Thailand Argentina: Fonio Guinea Nigeria Mali: Maize (corn) United States China Brazil: Millet India Niger China: Oats Canada Russia Australia: Quinoa Peru Bolivia Ecuador: Rice, Paddy China India Bangladesh: Rye Germany Poland Russia: Sorghum Nigeria Sudan United States: Triticale Poland Germany France: Wheat China India
Concrete grain elevator in Alberta. Various factors affect the socio-economic characteristics of Canadian agriculture. The 2006 Census of Agriculture listed seven: [2] Quantity and type of farms; Biogeography: crop and land use areas; land management practices; Quantity of livestock and poultry; Agricultural engineering: Farm machinery and equipment; Farm capital; Farm operating expenses and ...
Statistics Canada (StatCan; French: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in Ottawa.
2016. Organised by. Statistics Canada. Website. www.statcan.gc.ca /eng /ca2016. The Canadian Census of Agriculture (French: Recensement de l'agriculture), is a census conducted every five years by Statistics Canada, alongside the national census, for the purposes of gathering Canadian agricultural industry, farm operator, and farm data. [1]
Doukhobor women winnowing grain, Saskatchewan, 1899 Wheat head close up view. In 1925, Saskatchewan produced over half of the wheat in the Dominion of Canada threshing in excess of 240,000,000 bushels (6,500,000 t) of wheat. [17] North America has many times led other international continents as the main producer of wheat in total world production.
A wheat pool is a co-operative that markets grain (mostly wheat) on behalf of its farmer-members. In Canada in 1923 and 1924, three wheat pools were created. They were farmer-owned co-operatives, created to break the power of the large for-profit corporations, that had dominated the grain trade in Western Canada since the late 19th Century, and ...