Crop Drops

U.S. farmers are expected to plant about 64 million acres of wheat in 2008, down from a high of 88 million acres in 1981. A look at the states that lost wheat acreage and the few that gained.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture | GRAPHIC: Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton, The Washington Post - April 29, 2008

This Story Emptying the Breadbasket Article \| At Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. Crop Drops What Goes into the Cost of a Bagel Struggling to Fill the World's 'Breadbasket' Transcript: Wheat, Corn and Ethanol Fight for Acres Special Report: Global Food Crisis		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture \| GRAPHIC: Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton, The Washington Post - April 29, 2008 ¬es=U.S. farmers are expected to plant about 64 million acres of wheat in 2008, down from a high of 88 million acres in 1981. A look at the states that lost wheat acreage and the few that gained." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture \| GRAPHIC: Karen Yourish, Laura Stanton, The Washington Post - April 29, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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