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A homer (Hebrew: חֹמֶר ḥōmer, plural חמרם ḥomārim; also כֹּר kōr) is a biblical unit of volume used for liquids and dry goods. One homer is equal to 10 baths , or what was also equivalent to 30 seahs ; each seah being the equivalent in volume to six kabs , and each kab equivalent in volume to 24 medium-sized eggs. [ 1 ]
Today, barley is primarily used for animal feed (55-60%) and malt (30-40%). [4] Many developing countries still rely heavily on barley as a food source, especially in regions of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South America. [5] A decline in barley production would therefore worsen the ongoing food crises in these countries.
One cup of cooked hulled barley provides 6 grams of fiber (about one-fifth of the daily recommendation), while cooked pearled barley contains 3 grams of fiber per cup.
Hordeum brachyantherum, known by the common name meadow barley, is a species of barley. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northern Mexico, coastal areas of easternmost Russia (Kamchatka), and a small area of coastal Newfoundland .
Barley and wheat were the most important crops in most European regions; oats and rye were also grown, along with a variety of vegetables and fruits. Oxen and horses were used as draft animals. Sheep were raised for wool and pigs were raised for meat. Crop failures due to bad weather were frequent throughout the Middle Ages and famine was often ...
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Wheat, rapeseed and other oil plants, together with sugar beet are common in southern Sweden, while barley and oat are more important further north. [1] Barley and oats are grown mostly for animal feed, especially for pigs and poultry. The Central Swedish lowland is the traditional centre of agriculture in Sweden. [2]
The term is applicable to the grains obtained from the members of the family Poaceae, such as rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, millet, rye, oats. Pseudocereals are plants used similarly to cereals but belonging to families other than Poaceae such as buckwheat or amaranth .