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  2. Great depression of British agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Between 1871–75 and 1896–1900, the importation of wheat and flour increased by 90%, for meat it was 300% and for butter and cheese it was 110%. [27] The price of wheat in Britain declined from 56s 0d a quarter in 1867–71 to 27s 3d in 1894–98. [28] The nadir came in 1894–95, when prices reached their lowest level for 150 years, 22s ...

  3. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Rise of the Wheat State: A History of Kansas Agriculture, 1861- 1986 (1987) 16 topical essays by experts. online; Hurt, R. Douglas. "The Agricultural and Rural History of Kansas." Kansas History 2004 27(3): 194–217. ISSN 0149-9114 Fulltext: in Ebsco; Larson, Henrietta M. The wheat market and the farmer in Minnesota, 1858–1900 (1926 ...

  4. Agricultural Adjustment Act - Wikipedia

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    The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies that ...

  5. List of most valuable crops and livestock products - Wikipedia

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    The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world and country markets and weather and other factors influence production. This list includes the top 50 most valuable crops and livestock products but does not necessarily include the top 50 most heavily produced crops and ...

  6. Wheat production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Of wheat grown in the United States, 36% percent is consumed domestically by humans, 50% is exported, 10% is used for livestock feed, and 4% is used for seedlings. [16] Various American-style wheat beers are produced in the US. [17] Wheat in the U.S. is grown under two major categories based on climate: winter wheat, and spring wheat.

  7. Wheat Price Guarantee Act - Wikipedia

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    The bill appropriated $1,000,000,000 in funds to keep wheat prices constant through the 1919-1920 crop year. Similar to the Lever Act, the passage of this act allowed the US Government (specifically the president) to monitor wheat prices in order to guarantee farmers profits based on what they had expected them to be if the war had continued.

  8. One Scientist’s 96-Year-Old Wheat Goldmine Is About to ...

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    A new genomic study, analyzing 827 varieties of wheat collected nearly a century ago, discovered a “goldmine” of genetic diversity that could help safeguard the crop well into the future.

  9. List of countries by wheat production - Wikipedia

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    A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 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 "Grain Market Report".