WHEAT FACTS Did you know? One Bushel of Wheat… = 60 lbs. of wheat = 42 lbs. of white flour = 60 lbs. of whole wheat flour = 15 lbs. of bran (mill feed) = 3 lbs. of clear flour = 67 loaves of bread
** Conversion Factor: 36.74 bushels of wheat = 1 metric ton
If you ate a sandwich for breakfast, one for lunch A modern combine can harvest and another one for dinner everyday, it would take you eat all of the 1,000 bushels of wheat per hour. over six months to sandwiches that can be made Wheat is not native to the United from one bushel of wheat. States and was not even grown by the colonists. Wheat was first Hard Red Winter wheats are planted in the United States in 1777 as a hobby crop. higher in protein and gluten and are therefore used for yeast breads. Soft wheats make very Six Classes of Wheat tender pastries, cookies, cakes, 1. Hard Red Winter flatbreads, crackers and muffins. 2. Hard White Wheat Soft and hard wheats are often 3. Hard Red Spring blended to make all-purpose 4. Soft White Wheat flour. The hardest wheat, 5. Soft Red Winter durum, is primarily used for 6. Durum making pasta.
Texas Wheat Producers Board • 5405 West Interstate 40 • Amarillo, TX 79106 • 1.888.40.WHEAT WHEAT FACTS Wheat Kernel Sometimes called the wheat berry, is the seed from which the wheat plant grows.
• More foods are made with wheat than any other cereal grain. • New uses of wheat include cat litter, wheat concrete, biodegradable spoons and forks, dog treats, hand cleaners, soap, shampoo and biodegradable plastic wrap. • Even though one bushel of wheat can be used to make 53 boxes of cereal, the farmer won’t get enough money from that one bushel of wheat to even buy just one box of cereal for his family. • Today, a 1-pound loaf of bread costs about $1.00. Of that $1.00, the farmer gets about 5 cents. The rest of the money goes to the flour miller, the baker, the grocery store and other people.
• A 25% increase in wheat prices would add less to the cost of a loaf of bread than would a 4% increase in the processing and distribution cost in a loaf of bread. • In 2003, Texas produced 91.5 million bushels of wheat, enough to make 6.2 BILLION loaves of bread.
Texas Wheat Producers Board • 5405 West Interstate 40 • Amarillo, TX 79106 • 1.888.40.WHEAT