grain production
Growing wheat commercially
Grain production is the cultivation and harvesting of cereal crops—wheat, rice, corn, barley, oats, and similar staples.
The term appears in agricultural policy, economic reports, and food security discussions: Global grain production hit record levels this year.
It encompasses everything from planting through harvest, measured in bushels or metric tons.
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- winter wheatCereal planted in autumn
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
climate change · rice · barley · sorghum · soil fertility · granary · storage silos · breadbasket · winnowing · agriculture · cash crop · threshing · rainfall patterns · corn · rye · food security · export markets · oats
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- plant industriescotton industry, tobacco industry, tea industry, coffee industry, sugar industry
- Roman countrysidevilla, vineyards, olive groves, tenant farmers, slaves
- Soviet Farmingcollective farms, state farms, collectivization, five-year plans, collectives
- Baltic economiesLatvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Riga, Tallinn
- UkraineKyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, hryvnia
grain productionlivestock raising
Breeding farm animals commercially
animal husbandry · cattle ranching · meat production · dairy farming · poultry farming