| What's Growing ON? Wheat Harvest |
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What's Growing ON? Wheat Harvest
Once cut, the wheat travels through the large machine where the kernels, or seeds, are separated from the stalks. The stalks are then pushed out the back of the machine in rows. These stalks will be baled as straw for growing mushrooms or for animal bedding, or left in the field to decompose adding nutrients back to the soil.
The kernels gathered from this harvest will be sent to flour mills throughout the province where they will be ground to a fine powder between rollers to make flour. One acre (the size of 2 ˝ ice rinks) produces enough bread to feed a family of four for ten years. In Ontario, 1.5 million tonnes of wheat are grown each year and much of that is being harvested right now. You can go online to www.whatsgrowingon.ca to learn more. www.newscanada.com |
(NC)—Summer's heating up and farm fields across Ontario are a sea of gold as harvest begins for winter wheat. At this time of year, wheat turns a golden yellow. From the car window, the crop looks like a field of tall, golden grass.
Harvest starts in the southwest of the province where the weather is warmer, allowing crops to be planted earlier and grow faster. At harvest a big farm machine called a “combine” or “combination harvester” cuts the wheat at the base of the stalk close to the ground. | < Prev | Next > |
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