All About Wheat

Wheat is a grass grown all over the world for its highly nutritious and functional grain. It is one of the top three most produced crops in the world, along with corn and rice. Wheat has been cultivated for over 10,000 years and probably originates in the Fertile Crescent, along with other staple crops. A wide range of products are made from it by humans, including most famously flour, which is made from the grain itself.

There are two kinds of wheat. Winter wheat is planted just before autumn. It is then harvested in the summer. Spring wheat is planted as soon as the risk for frost has ended. It is also harvested in the summer. Farmers know that a crop of wheat is ready for harvest when the stalk actually starts to bow down from the weight of the mature grain. The stalks also turn golden.