How much space is needed to grow the wheat?
A. The ’seed rate’ or how thickly you sow the seed depends quite a bit on the variety and the growing conditions, and a lot of the information out there is just a little too specific for the stage this project is at right now. The best information I was able to find without going overboard was for growing Soft Red Winter wheat in Wisconsin. This indicates a range of between about 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 bushels (74 – 103 pounds) per acre, which dovetails with other sources I’ve seen and people I’ve talked to. It’s pretty easy to see that finding land to grow the wheat will be the major limiting factor in regards to how much I can grow.
