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FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4, September1998 - Appendix tables

Table A.10 – UNITED STATES: CEREALS AND SOYBEANS – PRODUCTION FORECAST FOR 1998

	1996	1997	1998	Change 1998 over 1997
	( . . . . . million tonnes . . . )			( percentage )
Wheat	62.1	68.8	69.4	0.9
of which: winter	(40.2)	(51.2)	(52.1)	1.8
Coarse grains	267.8	265.6	268.3	1.0
of which: maize	(236.1)	(237.9)	(243.7)	2.4
Rice (paddy)	7.8	8.1	8.1	0.0
Soybeans	64.8	74.2	76.9	3.6

SOURCE: USDA: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, 12 August 1998.