Wheat: production volume worldwide 2011/2012-2021/22

In the marketing year of 2019/2020, the global production volume of wheat amounted to over 765 million metric tons. This was an increase of over 30 million tons compared to the previous marketing year.

Wheat in the U.S.

The United States produces a large amount of wheat each year, a great deal of which is subsequently exported. In 2018/2019, the country imported under four million metric tons of wheat, while exporting almost 28 million metric tons. Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana were the leading U.S. states in terms of wheat production in 2019.

Post Shredded Wheat

Post Shredded Wheat is a brand of breakfast cereal, made from whole wheat, owned by the American company, known as Post Consumer Brands. The brand comes in many varieties, including Frosted Shredded Wheat, Original Big Biscuit, and Original Spoon Size.1 When surveyed in 2019, roughly seven and a half million American consumers consumed between one and four portions of regular Post Shredded Wheat for breakfast over the last seven days.