The graph visualizes information about the average cost of wheat, barley, and oats in England and Wales between January and August 2014, while the table demonstrates the trends in the sales of these cereals in the same period. As an overview, while prices seemed to be dropping, with the exception of oats, towards the end of the given period, sales of all three types of cereal started showing signs of recovery.
To begin with, it is evident that wheat was the most expensive cereal from January to mid-June, with prices ranging from roughly £140 and £170 per tonne. During this period, the cost of barley and oats fluctuated mildly; barley prices stood just below £140 per tonne in January and dropped to £120 in July, while the cost of oats remained relatively steady, namely around £120 per tonne throughout the first six months. During July and August, although the cost of both wheat and barley seemed to drop steadily, the cost of oats rocketed to approximately £145 per tonne, which was unprecedented in the period examined.
According to the table, wheat was by far the most popular cereal. Sales initially demonstrated an upward trend, with numbers starting at 76,800 tonnes in January and reaching a peak at 163,000 in March. However, in April and May, sales plunged to 56,300 and 30,800 tonnes respectively. Barley came second in popularity, starting at 21,500 tonnes in January, fluctuating in March and April, and plummeting to 11,300 in May. Oats were the least popular cereal, with only 600 tonnes sold in June. While here, too, numbers fluctuated, sales remained at low levels, with a peak of 3,580 tonnes in March.