2. WHEAT IUNDUSTRY
Where and how were the products produced?
Whet is grown from seeds. After ploughing the
paddocks to break up the soil, the farmer uses a
tractor to pull a machine called a drill that plants the
seeds into long ditches. As the plants grow, a head of
seeds forms at the top of the plant. It hardens and
ripens. When it is ready, the farmer uses a combine
harvesting machine to collect the ripe grain.
The harvester pours the grain into trucks. The dry
plant, or hay, is used to feed farm animals.
It is thought that wheat was first grown about 11 000
years ago in the Middle East. Australian wheat is
exported to many countries including Iran, Iraq,
Pakistan, Korea and Japan.
