Whopper Wheat
by Madeline Meibergen
Monroe Elementary School, Enid, Oklahoma
(presented at the 1999 Earthstorm Science Fair)

I'm 12 years old and in the 6th grade. I chose my project because Mrs. Painter told me to do a project on something that involves my dad's work. My dad is the president of Johnston's Grain.

My project is to see if El Niño affects wheat production yield per acre. I made two graphs, one describing the averages of harvest yield per acre, and one describing all about the years 1976 to 1998. My hypothesis was correct. El Niño does affect wheat yield per acre. Non El Niño years just have the average.

I learned that El Niño affects wheat production. I would like to thank Mrs. Painter. I would do another project because I like learning more about interesting stuff.
 
 
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