Putting numbers on the wheat shortfall

McCormick says the demand [for wheat] sits around 1-1.2 billion metric tonnes and where the numbers sit now as far as potential available product, is somewhere around 700 million, which will no doubt have the potential to drive food prices even higher than what is being experienced right now.

RealAgriculture.com

If you want to put a number on the crisis we’re facing, here’s one estimate.