2007 Corn, Wheat, Soybean Projections
Corn Acreage 2007
Corn Acreage: 87,000,000 acres
Production: 12.32 billion bushels (3.2 billion for ethanol)
153 bu/ac
$3.60 /bu

Wheat Acreage: 60,000,000 acres
Production: 2.17 billion bushels
42.5 bu/ac
$4.30 /bu

Soybean Acreage: 70,500,000 acres
Production: 2.88 billion bushels
41.5 bu/ac
$7.10 /bu

US Nutrient Use 2007

12.05 million tons N
4.5 million tons P2O5
4.7 million tons K2O

Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Nitrogen Fertilizers, NUE, Nitrogen and the EnvironmentWheat and Corn Prices in cents per bushel (Nov 00 to Jun 01)

 

The Story of Wheat (from the Economist.com)
National Corn Growers Association
Average USA corn yield: 130 bu/ac
Corn Acres Harvested: 69.1 million acres
Corn Production USA: 9.0 billion bushels
World Wheat, Corn, and Rice Production, 2003 (Courtesy FAO)
Country Maize area, ha Maize production, Mt Yield, Mt/ha   Country Wheat area, ha Wheat production, Mt Yield, Mt/ha   Country Rice area, ha Rice production, Mt Yield, Mt/ha
WORLD 142,331,335 637,444,480 3.41   WORLD 204,614,529 549,433,727 2.75   WORLD 153,324,898 588,563,933 3.37
United States of America 28,789,240 256,904,560 8.92   China 22,040,070 86,100,250 3.91     China 27,398,000 166,417,000 6.07
China 23,520,000 114,175,000 4.85   India 24,886,200 65,129,300 2.62     India 44,000,000 132,013,000 3.00
Brazil 12,935,200 47,809,300 3.70   United States of America 21,383,410 63,589,820 2.97     Indonesia 11,477,357 52,078,832 4.54
Mexico 7,780,880 19,652,416 2.53   Russian Federation 19,960,400 34,062,260 1.71     Bangladesh 11,100,000 38,060,000 3.43
  Argentina 2,322,857 15,040,000 6.47     France 4,905,000 30,582,000 6.23     Viet Nam 7,449,300 34,518,600 4.63
  India 7,000,000 14,800,000 2.11     Australia 12,456,000 24,900,000 2.00     Thailand 11,000,000 27,000,000 2.45
  France 1,667,000 11,898,000 7.14     Canada 10,467,400 23,552,000 2.25     Myanmar 6,650,000 24,640,000 3.71
  Indonesia 3,354,692 10,910,104 3.25     Germany 2,967,379 19,296,100 6.50     Philippines 4,094,000 14,031,000 3.43
  South Africa 3,350,000 9,714,254 2.90     Pakistan 8,069,000 19,210,200 2.38     Brazil 3,149,680 10,198,900 3.24
  Canada 1,226,100 9,587,300 7.82     Turkey 9,400,000 19,000,000 2.02     Japan 1,665,000 9,740,000 5.85
  Romania 3,119,104 9,576,985 3.07     Argentina 7,000,000 14,530,000 2.08     United States of America 1,212,860 9,033,610 7.45
  Italy 1,159,370 8,978,180 7.74     United Kingdom 1,837,000 14,288,000 7.78     Pakistan 2,210,000 6,751,000 3.05
  Ukraine 1,953,000 6,900,000 3.53     Iran, Islamic Rep of 6,500,000 12,900,000 1.98     Korea, Republic of 1,013,000 6,068,000 5.99
  Egypt 830,000 6,400,000 7.71     Kazakhstan 11,262,300 11,518,500 1.02     Egypt 615,000 5,800,000 9.43
  Nigeria 4,700,000 5,150,000 1.10     Poland 2,308,045 7,858,160 3.40     Nigeria 4,900,000 4,952,000 1.01
  Hungary 1,150,000 4,534,000 3.94     Spain 2,218,000 6,290,100 2.84     Cambodia 2,000,000 4,300,000 2.15
  Thailand 1,150,000 4,500,000 3.91     Italy 2,266,760 6,243,390 2.75     Nepal 1,550,000 4,155,000 2.68
  Philippines 2,485,000 4,478,173 1.80     Egypt 1,000,000 6,150,000 6.15     Iran, Islamic Rep of 560,000 3,300,000 5.89
  Spain 472,000 4,300,800 9.11     Brazil 2,488,150 5,899,800 2.37     Sri Lanka 911,440 3,071,200 3.37