Growing wheat on your whenua

Growing wheat on your whenua

Our Land and Water National Science Challenge

Wheat is a low-input arable crop for deep, fertile, well-drained soil and a mild climate. This factsheet covers planting, pest management, harvest and storage.

It then gives growing costs, current market pricing and returns using a Canterbury crop as the example, and the food safety, freshwater farm plan and QAgrainz quality assurance requirements.

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Arable crops

  • Peas

    Enterprise
    Arable crops
    Compliance
    Profitability

    Growing peas on your whenua.

  • Maize

    Enterprise
    Arable crops
    Compliance
    Profitability

    Growing grain maize on your whenua.

  • Wheat, barley and oats - Potential yield

    Whenua
    Arable crops
    Productivity

    See how much wheat, barley and oats the whenua in your rohe could produce each year.

Compliance

  • Chestnuts

    Enterprise
    Compliance
    Horticulture
    Profitability

    Growing chestnuts on your whenua.

  • Blueberries

    Enterprise
    Compliance
    Horticulture
    Profitability

    Growing blueberries on your whenua.

  • Potatoes

    Enterprise
    Compliance
    Horticulture
    Profitability

    Growing potatoes on your whenua.

Profitability

  • Citrus

    Enterprise
    Compliance
    Horticulture
    Profitability

    Growing citrus on your whenua.

  • Macadamias

    Enterprise
    Compliance
    Horticulture
    Profitability

    Growing macadamias on your whenua.

  • Wheat - Job potential

    Enterprise
    Agribusiness
    Arable crops
    Employment
    Productivity
    Profitability

    Find out how many jobs wheat could support on the whenua in your rohe.

An alternative perspective

  • Wheat - Critical climate risks

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Arable crops
    Risk
    Sustainability

    Check how often heat stress could hit wheat in your rohe as the climate changes.

  • Apple suitability

    Climate
    Horticulture
    Productivity
    Sustainability

    See how well suited the whenua in your rohe is to growing apples.

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Wheat - Profitability

Enterprise
Agribusiness
Arable crops
Profitability

Explore the operating profit wheat could earn on the whenua in your rohe each year.

Truffles

Enterprise
Compliance
Horticulture
Profitability

Growing truffles on your whenua.

Apples

Enterprise
Compliance
Horticulture
Profitability

Growing apples on your whenua.

Wine grapes

Enterprise
Compliance
Horticulture
Profitability
Viticulture

Growing wine grapes on your whenua.

Avocados

Enterprise
Compliance
Horticulture
Profitability

Growing avocados on your whenua.

Crop rotation to improve soil and reduce emissions

Climate
Agribusiness
Agritech
Arable crops
Emissions reduction
Methane
On-farm actions
Soil
Sustainability

A Canterbury vegetable producer shares their experiences with precision agriculture and crop rotation to enhance soil and reduce emissions.

Wheat, barley and oats suitability

Whenua
Arable crops
Productivity
Sustainability

Explore how well suited the whenua in your rohe is to growing wheat, barley and oats.

Kiwifruit

Enterprise
Compliance
Horticulture
Profitability

Growing kiwifruit on your whenua.

Mānuka honey

Enterprise
Compliance
Honey
Profitability

Producing mānuka honey on your whenua.

Crop growing requirements

Whenua
Agribusiness
Arable crops
Horticulture
Productivity

Look up the growing needs of a wide range of vegetable, fruit and nut crops.

Maize suitability

Whenua
Arable crops
Planning
Productivity

Learn how well suited the whenua in your rohe is to growing grain maize.

Onions suitability

Whenua
Arable crops
Horticulture
Productivity

Compare how well suited the whenua in your rohe is to growing onions.