Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the main cereal crops. With 150 million tons produced in 2009, barley grain production ranked fourth behind maize, rice and wheat. Developing countries account for about 25% of the total barley harvested area. Barley is an annual, erect and tufted grass, up to 50 to 120 cm […]
Corn
Field corn is primarily grown for livestock feed and ethanol production is allowed to mature fully before being shelled off the cob and being stored in silos, pits, bins or grain “flats”. Field corn can also be harvested as high-moisture corn, shelled off the cob and piled and packed like silage for fermentation; or […]