Exports of grain made possible imports of raw materials, and taxes paid by peasants filled the state's coffers.
In Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, the traditional and nutritious "freekeh" smoked wheat grain, made from young wheat, is in great demand and fetches almost five times what wheat does.
Triticale is a hybrid grain made from wheat and rye, which farmers and health food stores alike had high hopes for in the 1970s.
The ash is a commercially valuable tree whose straight trunk and true grain make its wood perfect for furniture legs, baseball bats and other products.
The Buenos Aires stock exchange, along with specialized markets for meat, cattle, fruit, and grain, makes the city the dominant stock and commodities trading centre in the country.
Skillet Brown Rice, Barley or Triticale Salad With Mushrooms and Endive: Triticale is a hybrid grain made from wheat and rye, but any hearty grain would work in this salad.
You may use prime steak if you wish, but I usually make do with braising steak: the method of cutting it across the grain makes it seem almost as tender.
After decades of growth, with Britons crunching and sucking their way through bowl after bowl of heavily processed grain made palatable by salt and sugar and afforded spurious claims of nutrition by "fortifying" vitamins, something has changed.
