Wheat
By: Garry Chapman and Gary Hodges
Contributors: Hodges, Gary
Series: World commodities
Publisher: Macmillan Education Australia
Published: 2010
Place of publication: South Yarra, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781420273144; 9781420281279
Subjects: Wheat; Juvenile literature; Wheat trade
Description: Wheat is a valuable agricultural commodity that forms an important part of our diet. It is found in bread, pasta, noodles, cakes, biscuits, cereals and many other foods that we eat every day.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.

For primary school age.
Table of contents: title: What is a world commodity?; title: Wheat is a commodity; title: Where is wheat grown and where is it consumed?; title: The history of wheat; title: How is wheat grown?; title: Preparing wheat for consumption; title: The wheat trade; title: Supply and demand; title: Codes of practice; title: International politics and wheat; title: Environmental issues and wheat; title: Social issues and wheat; title: Is the wheat industry sustainable?; title: The future of the wheat industry.