The Wheat Fields Of France - Images Buried In Statistics.

[mongers]

Plowing through some statistics for a couple of project, when I came across this, France grows around two-thirds of the amount of wheat that the USA does, and significantly more than Canada or Australia.

Fields of wheat aren't the first image of France that comes to mind as compared to the popular ones of the American and Canadian prairies, but there you are there's a lot of wheat in France, one probably doesn't notice them as compared to the other cultural images/myths.

So what over statistics have you found that challenge or give you another view of countries or the world? 

[mongers]

There's around 700,000 tonnes of atmosphere per person on the planet, but a bit over 193 million tonnes of water for each man, woman and child here. 

[Eddie Teach]

Wheat fields on the US prairie aren't nearly as common a motif as cornfields.

[derspiess]

No shit. Around here it's either corn or soybean. With some tobacco and cattle here and there.

[mongers]

Wheat fields on the US prairie aren't nearly as common a motif as cornfields.

Oh yeah, but I feel the cornfields of the mid-west are another motif.

[MadImmortalMan]

Well I guess learning that deer are swarming the US and have increased an order of magnitude in a hundred years was a bit of a surprise to me. 

[Admiral Yi]

The fact that there were more cars in Kansas in 1912 than in all of France really blew my mind.

[mongers]

Well I guess learning that deer are swarming the US and have increased an order of magnitude in a hundred years was a bit of a surprise to me. 

It's not too much of surprise as we've taken out most of their predators and/competitors.  Certainly see a lot over here too, cars about the only things keeping their number in check, a bit I think.

[Valmy]

The fact that there were more cars in Kansas in 1912 than in all of France really blew my mind.

Or how about that 80% of the German Army in WWII was entirely dependent on horses to haul their stuff around?

Anyway I am surprised French agriculture is so lacking in diversity but I guess given the history of grain in France I shouldn't be. 

[mongers]

The fact that there were more cars in Kansas in 1912 than in all of France really blew my mind.

Or how about that 80% of the German Army in WWII was entirely dependent on horses to haul their stuff around?

Anyway I am surprised French agriculture is so lacking in diversity but I guess given the history of grain in France I shouldn't be.

I don't know, seems quite diverse:

2012 Production ranked by value:

Rank   Commodity   Production (Int $1000)   Production(MT)
1   Milk, whole fresh cow   7362517   *    23983197   
2   Meat indigenous, cattle   5199944   *    1924924   *
3   Wheat   5024356   *    40300800   
4   Meat indigenous, pig   3213295   *    2090300   *
5   Grapes   3051584   *    5338512   
6   Meat indigenous, chicken   1678806   *    1178600   F
7   Rapeseed   1521603   *    5463185   
8   Sugar beet   1449073   *    33688393   
9   Maize   1336765   *    15614100   
10   Potatoes   972315   *    6340807   
11   Barley   950190   *    11347000   
12   Eggs, hen, in shell   707991   *    853630   *
13   Meat indigenous, turkey   588123   *    450000   F
14   Apples   584848   *    1382901   
15   Meat indigenous, duck   480631   *    291722   F
16   Meat indigenous, sheep   318567   *    117000   *
17   Sunflower seed   283555   *    1572952   
18   String beans   218533   *    229180   
19   Tomatoes   217548   *    588660   
20   Mushrooms and truffles   210330   *    116574

[Admiral Yi]

Or how about that 80% of the German Army in WWII was entirely dependent on horses to haul their stuff around?

The German artillery in Panzerblitz is horse drawn.  I learned that when I was 7.

[Valmy]

Or how about that 80% of the German Army in WWII was entirely dependent on horses to haul their stuff around?

The German artillery in Panzerblitz is horse drawn.  I learned that when I was 7.

I learned that when I was in High School and nobody believed me...which was sort of weird why would I make that up?

[Valmy]

I don't know, seems quite diverse:

Damn French farmers are productive.

[HVC]

I don't know, seems quite diverse:

Damn French farmers are productive.

imagine how much more productive they could be if they weren't protesting every three weeks

[Valmy]

At least now we know they have plenty of produce to dump on the roads of France and still easily feed the population.