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Burning wheat stubble

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Burning wheat stubble

Stubble-burning remains a controversial practice. In this Canterbury scene, clouds of smoke billow from the burning stubble. In the foreground, a firebreak has been ploughed around the outside of the paddock to prevent the fire spreading.

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Robert Peden, Fire and agriculture – Burning in modern agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15224/burning-wheat-stubble (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.