Despite the doomsday predictions of Climate Change alarmists this years world grain production is set to be the largest ever recorded.
Global grain production is forecast to hit a record 1.694 billion metric tons in 2008-09. This is up from 2007-08’s output of 1.617 billion.
The reason is worldwide higher wheat acreage which increased globally by 3% and favorable growing weather across the worlds major producing countries.
Of the 6 major grain types, wheat, corn, barley, sorghum, oats and rye the forecast rise in world production is mainly due to higher estimated wheat production.
World grain ending stocks are forecast to rise 9% coming in at 280 million tons. This is up from 2007-08’s 257 million, with production exceeding consumption.
Worldwide consumption of grains should increase by a modest 27 million tons coming in around 1.684 billion tons in 2008-09. Grain use by the U.S. ethanol industry and higher demand from emerging countries are the main reasons for increased consumption.
Global wheat production is forecast to come in around 669 million tons which is up from 604 million last year.
The Australian wheat crop has been forecast to come in around 21 million tonnes which is well up on last years drought affected 13 million tonnes. The good early spring rain that has fallen in Eastern Australia has some analysts now predicting this years crop could challenge the 2003 record of 26.1 million tons.
It’s almost impossible to reconcile the GW alarmists predictions of catastrophic climate change bringing global drought, pestilence and famine when we are having one of the best world wide grain growing years ever recorded.
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Have Your say! Am I missing something here? The GW alarmists and their computer modeling say we are at crisis point, yet the global climate has never been kinder to us as this years record grain production physically illustrates.
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