FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.1, February 1999

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

	1996	1997	1998	Change 1998 over 1997
	( . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . )			( percentage )
Wheat	62.0	67.5	69.4	2.8
of which: winter	(40.0)	(50.2)	(51.2)	2.0
Coarse grains	265.9	260.6	271.8	4.3
of which: maize	(234.5)	(233.9)	(247.9)	6.0
Rice (paddy)	7.8	8.3	8.5	2.8
Soybeans	64.8	73.2	75.0	2.5

SOURCE: USDA: Crop production, 12 January 1999.