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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
68.9
64.1
-7.0
of which: winter
(40.2)
(50.5)
(46.4)
-8.1
Coarse grains
267.8
263.1
270.0
2.6
of which: maize
(236.1)
(235.6)
(244.9)
3.9
Rice (paddy)
7.8
8.1
8.3
2.5
Soybeans
64.8
74.2
76.2
2.7
SOURCE:
USDA: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, 12 May 1998.