{"id":96554,"date":"2017-04-03T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96554"},"modified":"2017-04-03T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:22:13","slug":"new-zealand-farmers-harvest-world-record-wheat-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/03\/new-zealand-farmers-harvest-world-record-wheat-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand farmers harvest world record wheat crop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eric and Maxine Watson entered the Guinness World Records after producing 16.791 tons of wheat per hectare, beating the previous record of 16.519 tons set by a British farmer in 2015. (Photo: Shaun Dunmall\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WELLINGTON \u2013A New Zealand farming couple have taken the world record for the highest yielding crop of wheat, it was announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Eric and Maxine Watson entered the Guinness World Records after producing 16.791 tons of wheat per hectare, beating the previous record of 16.519 tons set by a British farmer in 2015.<\/p>\n

On average, irrigated wheat yields in New Zealand were around 12 tons per hectare, the couple said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The crop was planted on April 9 last year at their farm in Ashburton, just south of Christchurch in the South Island, and harvested in February this year.<\/p>\n

The record would bring recognition for New Zealand’s arable farming industry, Eric Watson said in the statement.<\/p>\n

“It’s very small, but there are some good farmers out there and it’s good to have the record back in New Zealand again,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It is an exceptional yield, but I could always do better and that’s my aim. There were things I saw when I was out there in the combine harvester and I thought, ‘Yeah, I could do this a whole lot better’.”<\/p>\n

The Watsons bought their 490-hectare farm in 1992 and grow a wide range of crops for seed production, including cereals, grasses, vegetables and pulses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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