Growing wheat straight after rice
Summary
Growing wheat immediately after rice is a great opportunity to improve the productivity of rice farming systems in southern NSW.
However, many growers perceive it to be a risky and unprofitable strategy, with a 2016 survey of rice growers finding that only 32% regularly grew wheat straight after rice.
Despite this perception, there are rice growers who regularly and reliably grow 5+ t/ha wheat crops straight after rice.
The following recommendations are a combination of advice from successful growers and the results from crop monitoring and research trials.
Topics include:
- Important do’s
- Important don’ts
- Surface drainage
- Soil type
- Rice stubble handling
- Wheat sowing time
- Wheat sowing rate
- Fertiliser management
- Soil acidity
