Winter cereal

Winter cereals, also called winter grains, fall cereals, fall grains, or autumn-sown grains, are biennial cereal crops sown in the autumn.

They germinate before winter comes, may partially grow during mild winters or simply persevere under a sufficiently thick snow cover to continue their life cycle in spring.

They are harvested earlier than grains of the same type sown in springtime.

In general, winter cereals have a much higher yield than spring cereals because they can use snow as moisture for growth.

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