I dont know how much protection wheat should give, but it should definetly give better concealment than it does now. In my back yard I have a small wheat field, in the summer it gets about 3-3 1/2 feet tall. Standing on level ground with it, you could have a orchestra sitting in it and you wouldnt know until they started to play. I was dissapointed with the concealment abilities for sure. However, area fire in wheat should tear up anything hiding in it anyways.