Production of high-value wheats : one sustainable answer to the cost:price squeeze

Authors

Wal AndersonFollow
Alan Peggs
Doug Sawkins

Keywords

Wheat, Varieties, Cultivation, Exports, Cost analysis, Yields, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Marketing | Plant Biology

First Page Number

133

Last Page Number

136

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Farmers and scientists alike over the past decade have sought to address the declining terms of farm trade (the cost.price squeeze) by increasing wheat yields in ways that will ensure both their economic and ecological survival. Nevertheless, costs have continued to increase as a proportion of the value of the product.

Many farmers have increased their wheat yields substantially and the industry as a whole is more conscious of the quality of its product.

Over the past 10 years or more there has been intense interest in, and considerable adoption of. conservation farming techniques such as minimum tillage, residue retention, cultivation on the contour, diverse rotations and tree planting.

Yet in many places salinity has increased, soil erosion has continued, herbicide resistant grasses have appeared and soil fertility has possibly declined.

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Wal; Peggs, Alan; and Sawkins, Doug (1993) "Production of high-value wheats : one sustainable answer to the cost:price squeeze," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 34: No. 4, Article 3.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol34/iss4/3