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Figure 8: Ratio of Pulse and Canola Prices to Wheat Prices, 1991 to 2004
Price of Pulses Relative to ASW Wheat:
Price of Canola Relative to Wheat:
Bringing together the yield and price changes for pulse and canola crops relative to those for
wheat, the changes in gross returns per hectare (yield per hectare times price per tonne)
reveals some important changes in recent years (Figure 9). While there has been little change
between 1991 and 2003 in field pea returns relative to wheat, relative lupin returns have