Talk:Wheat production in the United States

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Did you know... that a mystery surrounds the finding of genetically modified wheat being produced on a US wheat farm in Spring 2013?

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Still doesn't make sense...[edit]

"Spring wheat or winter wheat accounts for 70 to 80 percent of total production in the U.S."

Is that total WHEAT production? Spring AND winter wheats (together) are going to amount to 100% of wheat production...what does the "or" mean?

I know it's not total CROP production... Sockrox (talk) 19:25, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is in the lede of the article, the extended information is found in the body, in this case in the Classification and uses section. The "or" should be an "and", so I'll fix that. As far as what "total" refers to, the article is about wheat, and since the word "wheat" is mentioned several times in this and the preceding sentences, I think it's fairly obvious that it's referring to total U.s. wheat production.

Okay, but changing the "or" to "and" still causes problems (from source 13 and 17 since they seem to be the same paper) "Wheat varieties grown in the United States are classified as “winter wheat” or “spring wheat,” depending on the season when each is planted..." If it's A or B then A+B=100% unless we're making the case that durum (planted in the spring) isn't a spring wheat. The same cited article also says that "Winter wheat production represents 70-80 percent of total U.S. production." which may have been the intent of this sentence from the start. Sockrox (talk) 03:23, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The previous sentence says there are 8 types of wheat. Only 3 of those are denoted spring or winter wheat, which is therefore less than 100%. Indyguy (talk) 04:31, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So when do you plant these other classes of wheat? That dog don't hunt. Sockrox (talk) 04:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the cited USDA source, I think I made the same error that an earlier editor must have made in assuming that the absence of the word "winter" or "spring" in the variety's name implied a third choice. However, it's hard to tell from the USDA source exactly which varieties are winter wheat and which are not. The only thing it says for sure is that 70% to 80% is winter wheat, so I'll change the wording to match. Indyguy (talk) 05:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Climatic Warning.[edit]

Wheat is a soft core grain, and can not stand high heat nor direct UV.

With climatic warning, the grain states will stop to exist as grain states within 10 to 30 years (kind of in line with the end of production of petroleum within the middle east).

What would the overal new crop for these states be? Rice? Corn? (If any). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.37.158.149 (talk) 21:49, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This page does not include the word "water". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.112.255.110 (talk) 13:50, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pogiso Isaac[edit]

Hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.121.62.107 (talk) 17:17, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]