Question

step in detail the sequence of steps a farmer would follow in order to produce a wheat crop

Answer 1

If a farm has been in continuous wheat for many seasons and yields are poor or declining, the introduction of alternative species (break crops) into the cropping sequence might boost yield considerably. Interactions between the wheat and break crops are complex because there are variable roles of nitrogen, water, disease and weather. This chapter examines these complexities.

It explores how and why they might influence the performance of wheat in different sequences and how they might impact on the economics of the farming system. It then outlines trials to test these interactions. These three-to four-year trials when complete should provide the basis for crop sequence management packages for the local region.

To complete the story you will need to refer to the chapters Constraints to cereal-based rainfed cropping in Mediterranean environments and methods to measure and minimize their effects, Why do any of your research on-farm?, Optimizing variety x sowing date for the farm, and Optimizing nitrogen use on the farm.



Those farms that have cropped wheat continuously for many seasons;

those farms with inexplicably declining yields;

those with ‘whiteheads’during grain filling;

those farms with root diseases, nematode problems and generally poor growth;

those consistently producing small and shrivelled grain not attributed to drought;

those located near markets for alternative crops and managed by adventurous farmers who have the foresight to diversify.

Answer 2

If a farm has been in continuous wheat for many seasons and yields are poor or declining, the introduction of alternative species (break crops) into the cropping sequence might boost yield considerably. Interactions between the wheat and break crops are complex because there are variable roles of nitrogen, water, disease and weather. This chapter examines these complexities.

It explores how and why they might influence the performance of wheat in different sequences and how they might impact on the economics of the farming system. It then outlines trials to test these interactions. These three-to four-year trials when complete should provide the basis for crop sequence management packages for the local region.

Those farms that have cropped wheat continuously for many seasons;

those farms with inexplicably declining yields;

those with ‘whiteheads’during grain filling;

those farms with root diseases, nematode problems and generally poor growth;

those consistently producing small and shrivelled grain not attributed to drought;

those located near markets for alternative crops and managed by adventurous farmers who have the foresight to diversify