Spring Barley is being grown in Ukraine as food, feed and technical crop. However, by volumes of its using in national household it is initially one of the most valuable grain-feed crops, the share of which in the balance of concentrate feed is significant. Barley is an important food crop. The grains of vitreous coarse double raw barley are used...

Barley has big importance in the production of beer. Most prized varieties for this is double row barley with filled and well-aligned grain size. To gain high quality beer it is necessary to have grain with specific biochemical structure provided by a combination of three factors: malting variety, corresponding soil and climatic conditions of...

Winter barley has many positive features: it gives a new crop grains 10-14 days earlier than winter wheat, spring barley and other crops, and its harvesting is 1.0-1.5 t / ha higher than of spring barley (7-8 t/ha and more). Barley contains 12% of protein, 75% of carbohydrates, 2.1% of fat. 1 kg of grains contained 1.2 k.o. and 100 g of digestible...

Winter triticale – is artificial hybrid of rye and wheat created by breeders. There are winter forms (2-year old) are mainly spread in Ukraine. Triticale plants strongly tillers, have high frost resistance (more than wheat), resistant to fungal and viral diseases, have high protein content in grain and less demanding for soil fertility because of...

Rice - one of the major cereal crops of cereal family. From the rice grains cereals and starch are producing, and from rice germ – oil. Rice is a source of complex carbohydrates (78%), proteins (7.8%) and also contains fiber (3%) and minerals (small amount of phosphorus, zinc, iron, calcium and iodine), B vitamins (thiamin B1, riboflavin, B2,...

Spring wheat has grains with high cereal and baking properties and contains more protein (14-16% soft, solid 15-18%) accordingly, gluten (28-40%) than winter wheat. It can be used as an improver when baking bread. Spring wheat durum used to produce the best varieties of pasta, macaroni and semolina. This culture also has a feed value because it is...

Winter wheat – is the most important food crop in 43 countries. The chemical composition of the grain consists of all necessary elements of human nutrition: protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, enzymes and minerals. The most important component of the grain is protein (8-22%) and gluten. No other cereal has such a valuable combination of these...

Millet – is valuable grain, technical and feed crop. Grain of millet contains 55-58% starch, 10-11% protein and 4% fat, characterized by high cellulose content (3-8%). Millet is used to produce cereals, flour and livestock feed (grain, husk, straw). Millet is a valuable cereal crop, which can ensure relatively high and relatively stable harvest...

Oats - a valuable food, feed and industrial crop as its grain contains 10% of protein, and 37-48% of starch. Grain oats is used for the production of cereals (ranked the first place in nutritional value), flour (confectionery), oatmeal coffee, feed (grain and straw) and as concentrated animal feed. Oats is grown for green fodder in its pure...

Corn – is one of the main crops of Ukraine that has the biggest harvests. Corn protein contains essential amino acids for human body and has high starch content in corn. Among cereals, corn has the highest removal rate and assimilation of microelements from soil. For the formation of 1 t of grains and appropriate amount of vegetative organs...

Winter rye – is the crop that is being grown by human for obtaining grain for food and feed objectives. Grain of rye is used for make some varieties of bread (Ukrainian bread contains 20-80% of rye flour), beer, whiskey, vodka, and other products, and also solid grain is consumed in food, cooked in the porridge form. Its food value is determined by...

Buckwheat - one of the major cereal crops. Average protein content in grain is 9%, starch - 70% fat - 1.6%. The main product produced from buckwheat - buckwheat, which has high taste and dietary properties. Buckwheat straw is used as feed supplements, adding straw crops because it is low-grade feed (1 kg containing 0.3 feed. Units.). Buckwheat use...