Dirk Maier
Dirk Maier has written Grain Operations articles for World Grain since 2016. He is a post-harvest engineer with the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative at Iowa State University. Prior to that, he was a professor in the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University and in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University.
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World’s top wheat-producing countries
In 2022-23, the International Grains Council’s July report anticipates worldwide wheat production to reach 770 million tonnes, down from 781 million tonnes in 2021-22, with 195 million tonnes available for trade.
Most wheat production comes from a handful of countries and even fewer are major exporters, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Here’s a look at the top 10 wheat-producing countries worldwide, based on total yield in tonnes from 2000-2020 with 2022-23 production and consumption projections.
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IFT FIRST Expo 2022
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US — Representatives of the grain and milling industries recently gathered July 10-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, US, for IFT FIRST, the Institute of Food Technologists annual event and expo.