Farming pictures
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Round bales of spring barley straw. Straw is largely used for bedding, but sometimes as a feed, particularly for cattle.
Ears of wheat about six weeks before harvest.
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Spring sown barley just before harvest. Note the characteristic awns of the barley plant.
Sorghum in a flower. The crop is an important staple in Asia and Africa but is rarely found in the UK where the temperature is generally too low. It is sometimes seen around game cover plots because it deters deer.
Detail of the oat panicle and forming grain.
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Oats that are ready for harvest.
Big bales of barley straw in a downland setting.
A big bale of barley straw.
An oat plant in flower.
Winter wheat. Wheat is a constituent of many thousands of different foodstuffs.
A crop of millet being grown for birdseed.
Durum wheat
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Randomised trial plots displaying wheat varieties.
The panicle of the oat crop.
Wheat in evening sunlight
Durum wheat in November. Relatively little durum wheat is grown in the UK - this crop is destined for pasta.
The ear of wheat emerging from the stem
Sprouted ears in a wheat crop after a long period of rain in August and September. When this crop is harvested the quality of the crop have been lost and it will only be suitable for animal feed.
The detail of the oat crop showing the top grains of the panicle.
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Harvesting a crop of winter oats
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