• Currently, wheat is grown on over 540 million acres worldwide which is more than any other crop. One acre of wheat yields an average of around 40 bushels of wheat.
• This plant is a highly adaptable crop and can grow almost anywhere, from sea level to Tibet (4,000 meters above sea level) and from the equator to near arctic regions.
• Wheat was first planted in the United States in 1777 as a hobby crop.
• One bushel of wheat contains approximately one million individual kernels.
• In fact, world trade in wheat is larger than for all other crops combined.
• Wheat is a rich source of proteins, sugar (in the form of starch), vitamins of the B group and minerals such as iron, manganese, magnesium and zinc.
