Open AccessA farmer's perception of practical seed production requirements
Author(s) -
John McKay
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1990.52.1938
Subject(s) - hectare , production (economics) , agricultural science , business , agriculture , order (exchange) , agroforestry , agricultural economics , agricultural engineering , engineering , economics , geography , environmental science , finance , archaeology , macroeconomics
Perhaps just as strange to many grassland farmers as a cow jumping over the moon, would be a farming enterprise in which a combine harvester covers every hectare of the farm in order to gather the income for the business. But this is the lot of the Mid-Canterbury seed producer. Seed production on a specialist Mid-Canterbury farm can be divided into three main operations: planning, growing the crop, then harvesting and handling.