A comprehensive home study guide covering all aspects of wheat production including crop rotations, seedbed preparation and sowing, soil structure and plant growth, feeding the crop, weed control, diseases, safety, harvesting, climate and decision making, grain handling and storage.
Chapter 1: Cropping systems and rotations
Crop sequences
Legumes
Oilseeds
Opportunity cropping
Be aware of herbicides
Acid soils
Yield and profit
Chapter 2: Selecting a crop
What you need to consider
Chapter 3: Life in the soil
Microbes to encourage
Chapter 4: The Plant
Seed
Roots
Stems and leaves
Let the plant grow up and down
Growth stages and yield
Flowers and grain
Chapter 5: The seedbed and sowing
Preparing the seedbed
Cultivation methods
Limiting machinery and animal traffic
Advantages of reduced cultivation
Overcoming problems and costs of zero-tillage
Stubble
Sowing
Chapter 6: Soil structure and plant growth
Signs of problems
Suitable soils
Light soils
Chapter 7: Soil water
Stored moisture
Effecient use of water
Drought years
Chapter 8: Feeding the crop
Know what your crop needs
Stubble and nutrients
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sulfur
Zinc
Plant tissue tests
Chapter 9: Weed control
Herbicides and tillage
Rotation
Fire
Stock
Weed control without chemicals
Chapter 10: Crop health
What causes diseases?
Common diseases of wheat
Chapter 11: Farm safety
Taking precaustions
Using chemicals
Contract labour
Tractor safety
Grain storage and handling
Sun and heat
Be prepared
Further information
Chapter 12: Harvesting
Chapter 13: Commonly asked questions (and answers)
Glossary
Appendix 1: Comparing yields of different cropping enterprises
Appendix 2: Climate and agriculture decision making
Appendix 3: Grain handling and storage
Agfacts:
E 3.10 Don't be suffocated by grain
E 3.7 Grain storage - grain sheds
E3.5 Grain storage - ground dumps
E 3.4 Grain storage - steel mesh silos
E3.9 Storage capacity of circular silos and field bins
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