ABSTRACT
World production of wheat and coarse grains has risen progressively, if sometimes erratically, since the second world war, reflecting not only improvements in yield and the techniques of growing but also government policy. In Canada and Australia there are boards for wheat and other grains which combine functions of information and marketing. Only maize (corn) with a world production ranging between 380 million and 490 million tons, barley around 170 million to 180 million tons, and sorghum around 50 to 75 million tons, enter world trade to any considerable extent (though rye is domestically significant in Germany and Poland). A panel representing various sectors of the industry was at the same time set up to review grain marketing in western Canada, including the role of the Canadian Wheat Board, and covering oilseeds and special crops as well.
