North America (US and Canada)
- Population 352 million (combined)
- Account for approximately 14 percent of world fertilizer consumption
- Major suppliers of food and fiber
- US accounts for about 40 percent of total global trade in wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton
- Both countries are among the worlds most efficient agricultural producers
- Rising global food demand and domestic biofuel mandates have created competition for limited farmland
(All numbers are in tonnes)