Common Cereal Crops

Cereals are major food crops, grown for their grains. The most common cereals are Maize, Rice, Wheat etc. The whole grains are rich source of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, oils, and protein. The refined grains contain mostly carbohydrates and loses all the other nutrients in the process of refining.

Maize / Corn
A staple food of people in America, Africa, and of livestock worldwide; often called corn or Indian corn in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. A large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption.

Rice The primary cereal of tropical and some temperate regions

 

 

 

Wheat: The primary cereal of temperate regions. It has a worldwide consumption but it is a staple food of North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Barley: Grown for malting and livestock on land too poor or too cold for wheat.

Sorghum: Important staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock

Millet: A group of similar but distinct cereals that form an important staple food in Asia and Africa.

Oats: Formerly the staple food of Scotland and popular worldwide as a winter breakfast food and livestock feed