Wheat Harvesting

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As almost one-third of Western Australia receives less than one inch of rain per year, there is an intense interest in "fry-farming" or the production of grains and other crops. Australia has become so noted for its grain production that many experts believe it will eventually become one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of cereals and single grains.

Whereas sheep farming and cattle farming are highly contingent upon shearing and mating cycles, wheat farming is predicated upon knowing when to sow. Because factors such as frost and weed overgrowth serve as the greatest detriments to wheat crops, sowing activities must be coordinated to avoid these pitfalls while coinciding with the other tasks of farm life. Although many farmers in Western Australia wait until late April to sow, recent changes in weather patterns and rainfall, have left many experts to speculate that sowing in late March and early April provide better harvests and the greatest chance to avoid frost and weed overgrowth. In spite of these predictions, however, few farmers have been willing to chance their entire crops on a mere possibility.

Another prominent concern of wheat farmers in Western Australia is developing a crop rotation cycle that permits nutrients such as nitrogen from being completely expended from the soil during heaving farming and harvesting. Overall it seems that most farmers have chosen to utilize a four and two cycle. This means that a plot of land is utilized for four years to produce wheat and two years as a clove pasture for sheep and cattle grazing. Although this routine is sometimes varied when the demand for grain is low-it is often reversed to a two and four rotation-as a general rule of thumb, most grain farmers practice a four and two rotation. Because not all of the farm land can be used each year for the production and harvesting of crops, many grain farms in Western Australia are in excess of 10,000 acres. Much like sheep and cattle farms they are typically remotely located, and many are self-sustaining.