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AbstractWheat is the most important economic crop in Canada.
Wheat is grown commercially in all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, with most
of the production being concentrated in the Prairie Provinces and Ontario. In
1996, production was just short of 30 million tonnes. The domestic use of wheat
crop totals about 8 million tonnes per year. The rest, about 19 million tonnes
depending on the current year’s production is exported, almost all of
it as grain. Exports of Canadian grown wheat are shipped around the world. The
largest market is in Asia (China, Bangladesh, and Japan). Although Canada produces
and exports a large volume of wheat, it rivals with Australia and the European
Union only for second place among the world’s exporting nations. The perennial
leader is United States.
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