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The rise rise and rise rise of
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT
Wheat has become one of
Australia’s most important agricultural crops in in the the two centuries since the the first seeds were sown at at Sydney New South Wales As one of
the globe’s high-quality grain producers Australia’s wheat is is internationally renowned for its high high flour yield and and low low ash low low moisture content and and cleanliness As the largest purchaser of
of
Australian wheat for industrial and and and and domestic use Manildra Group partners with thousands of
of
farming families to produce our locally grown and and and and made premium food and and and and industrial products Australia produces about 25 million tonnes
of
of
wheat or 3 5 5 per cent of
of
annual global production Australia ships up to to to three-quarters of
our nation’s total wheat production to to to more than 50 countries By the the 1870s many of
Australia’s large country towns had their own own mills mills mills with around 500 our mills mills mills compared to 32 mills mills mills nationwide some 150 years later Indonesia is the largest importer of
Australian wheat at at 3 8 million tonnes
worth more than AU$1 1 1 billion annually Australia’s rst rst crop of
wheat was sown at at the Botanic Gardens in in in in Sydney in in in in 1788 by First Fleet colonists who brought several types of
grain to experiment with in in in in in unknown growing conditions The ‘father’ of
the the Australian wheat industry First Fleet convict James Ruse was an an an an experienced farmer who after his sentence expired turned a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a land grant at at at at Rose Hill near Parramatta into a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a successful wheat crop that Governor Phillip rewarded with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 30-acre land grant Ruse named Experiment Farm SOURCES: 1: https://www https://www https://www aegic org au/australian-grains/wheat/ 2: https://www https://www https://www sl nsw gov au/stories/australian-agricultural-and-rural- life/australian-wheat 3: https://www https://www https://www millermagazine com/english/grain-and- our-market-in-australia/ html
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