abc.net.au/news/central-australia-durum-wheat-crop-desert-springs/101520002A farm in the Northern Territory is about to harvest what is likely to be the most remote wheat crop in Australia.Desert Springs Farm has grown the Northern Territory's first wheat crop in more than 45 yearsThe variety is in high demand due to the war in the Ukraine and flooding in eastern statesBut this year 110 hectares of durum wheat was planted under two centre pivots.
"They're talking roughly $500 to $600 a tonne for this wheat to get delivered to Adelaide so that's pretty good."Is this Australia's most remote crop of wheat? "So the market is continuously looking for more and for growers, it's a crop that's worth taking notice of."Mr McLaughlin's crop is understood to be the largest commercial wheat crop harvested in the Northern Territory.ABC Rural has been made aware of wheat trials near Hermannsburg in the 1880s.