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Excerpt from The Wheat Situation: August 1960 World wheat crop prospects indicate a crop second only to the record production in 1958. Though it is too early for firm estimates in many countries, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, preliminary prospects are for a 5 per cent increase above the large 1959 harvest of billion bushels. Increases mainly in North America and Asia are partly offset by smaller crops in Europe. Current prospects for world trade in the marketing year beginning July 1, 1960 are for an increase over the previous year. The primary basis for the expected rise of possibly 30 to 50 million bushels is the increased import requirements of Europe and Asia. Crop conditions in most of the coun tries of Europe, especially France, Spain and Italy, are less favorable than last year. Although larger crops are forecast for Asia, the usual large import requirements exist in India and Pakistan. As a result, a substantial increase in exports from North America may be expected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.