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Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than other cereals, making it useful in those regions; its vigorous growth suppresses weeds and provides abundant forage for animals early in the yea
The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world and country markets and weather and other factors influence production. This list includes the top 50 most valuable crops and livestock products but does not necessarily include the top 50 most heavily produced crops and ...
Green corn United States Mexico Nigeria: Green garlic China India Bangladesh: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables Indonesia France Turkey: Lettuce and chicory China United States India: Mushrooms and truffles China Japan India: Okra India Nigeria Mali: Onions and shallots, dry India China Egypt: Onions and shallots, green China Mali
"Corn can uniquely be counted as either a grain and a vegetable, depending on the form," Washington, D.C.-based dietitian and diabetes educator Caroline Thomason, RD, CDCES, tells USA TODAY.
Speculation, as well as other compounding production and supply factors leading up to the 2007–2008 financial crises, created rapid inflation of grain prices during the 2007–2008 world food price crisis. [85]
The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...
This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2023 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2023 was over three billion metric tons. The per-capita world cereal production for that year was about or nearly 400 kilograms per person. [citation needed]
Lolium perenne, common name perennial ryegrass, [1] English ryegrass, winter ryegrass, or ray grass, is a grass from the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but is widely cultivated and naturalised around the world.