Farming pictures
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Wild oats are a troublesome weed that affect cereal crops reducing yield and lowering the quality of the harvested crop. In this image the wild oats are taller than the wheat crop and it is possible for the farmer to remove them by hand.
Grain maize - the corn of cornflakes.
Ears of wheat in evening light
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Tramlines help farmers to precisely apply expensive fertiliser and sprays.
The ears of the wheat plant. The grain is beginning to fill as harvest draws near - it is important for farmers to keep the crop free of disease so that yield is not compromised.
Detail of the panicle of oats in flower.
Flooded arable land.
Frost covers a young wheat crop. Frosts provide useful control of aphids which are responsible for spreading disease in cereal crops through the autumn months.
Germinating seed of spring barley
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Harvesting cereal crops
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Stubble in winter
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The barley crop in flower
Grain maize just prior to harvest.
The male part of the maize plant producing pollen.
Evening light of wheat crop.
A crop of triticale.
Spring barley in evening light on the day of combining
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The grains of buckwheat. Although grown in parts of Asia as a food crop, in the UK its use is largely restricted to cover crops for game or farmland birds.
A crop of spring barley showing awn, ear and leaf detail.
The grains of the maize crop. Grain maize is not widely grown in the UK because of the late harvesting date of the mature crop, often from the middle of October onwards.
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