grain supply
Stored wheat inventory
Grain supply refers to the available stock of cereal crops—wheat, rice, corn, barley—for consumption, trade, or storage.
The term appears most often in discussions of food security, agricultural policy, and geopolitics: The war disrupted Ukraine's grain supply to Africa.
Historically, controlling the grain supply meant controlling populations; Roman emperors understood this well.
- harvestGathering mature crops
- winter wheatCereal planted in autumn
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
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grain supplygrain shortage
Insufficient harvested crop supply
famine · food scarcity · crop failure · hunger · starvation
grain supplyfresh produce
Unprocessed plant foods
perishable goods · livestock · fresh fruit · fresh vegetables · fresh food
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