Phantomsurfr presented this picture and said, “I've been going for 27hrs straight trying to seed as much as possible before the first cold front of the season hits, but I had to stop to take this picture of the sunrise. Wheatbelt -Western Australia.” It’s stunning, with the light bouncing off the clouds, silhouetting the Mad Max machines in the foreground.
But then I thought, wait, seeding? Isn’t it fall now in Australia? A little digging revealed that you indeed plant wheat in the fall in the Australian wheat belt. It’s too hot to do the work in early April, and the rainy season begins in June.
Phantomsurfr said working that hard and that long makes you sleep really well. -via reddit
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It's quite pretty, and was fun to do. Certainly, having a patch of wheat in the back yard is nice to show guests.
It transformed Kansas from grazing to farming and started the nearly-a-war between ranchers and farmers.