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Wheat in Australia: a kidcyber weblink page
Wheat is the largest grain crop in Australia. Most wheat varieties grown in Australia are sown in autumn and harvested in summer. Australia is the second largest wheat producer in the world, after the United States of America.
About 16 million tones is produced in most years. The annual value of the crop is about $ 2 billion. Most of Australia's wheat is produced in New South Wales and in Western Australia.
Australian wheat is exported to many countries including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Korea and Japan.
In Australia the wheat is used to make flour, as stock feed, and as seed for the next year's crop.
The following site has much useful
information and links for further information
http://amol.org.au/discovernet/tales/wheat.asp
This one is a student project
http://rochedalss.eq.edu.au/wheat.htm
updated February 2007