Martin Gabriel / Barley heads (Hordeum vulgare) ripening in a barley field near Pielenhofen, Naab Valley, Bavaria, Germany, May

Niall Benvie / Ripe Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) against blue sky, Scotland

Niall Benvie / Combine harvester harvesting winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), Scotland

Philippe Clement / Barley {Hordeum vulgare} ripening in field, France

Philippe Clement / Barley {Hordeum vulgare} ripening in field, France

Nature Production / Japanese Tree Frog {Hyla japonica} clinging to stalks of oat, Japan

David Noton / Field of ripe oats nr Ansty, Dorset, England, UK

Niall Benvie / Corn / Maize growing on farmland, Central Pennsylvania, USA

Jose B. Ruiz / Irrigation sprinkler on a cereals field, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Irrigation sprinkler on a cereals field, Spain.

Niall Benvie / Long Headed Poppies flowering in Barley field, Scotland. (Papaver dubium)

Jean E. Roche / Ears of Rice with round seed Chinese variety {Oryza sp} Camargue France

Pete Cairns / Barley heads ripening {Hordeum vulgare} Norway

Solvin Zankl / Rice {Oryza sativa} growing in paddy field, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jose B. Ruiz / Field of wheat Albacete, Spain. Flat monoculture

Jose B. Ruiz / Field of ripe Wheat, Spain

Flip de Nooyer / Common poppy {Papaver rhoeas} flowering in field of ripe barley, Netherlands

David Pike / Rice drying Minakami, Japan

David Noton / Close up of wheat ears in field {Triticum aestivum} France

Flip de Nooyer / Common poppy {Papaver rhoeas} and other arable flowers in field of cereals, Netherlands

Adrian Davies / House mouse feeding on grain from sack {Mus musculus} UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Durum wheat {Triticum surum} Spain

David Noton / Harvesting cereal crop on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

David Noton / Panoramic view of arable field near Ansty, Dorset, UK

Niall Benvie / Ripe oats against grey sky, Scotland

Ingo Bartussek / Ripe seed heads of Winter Barley {Hordeum vulgare} Germany

Jean E. Roche / Intensive cereal production Lorraine Regional Park France

David Pike / Harvested rice stooks drying Minakami Japan

Guy Edwardes / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree in middle of cereal field after harvest with straw bales, East Meon, South Downs National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Tropical warehouse moth / Almond moth (Ephestia cautella),a pest of stored grain and cereal products, on cereal debris.

Nigel Cattlin / Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella) an adult moth pest of cereal grain stores on wheat grain

Nigel Cattlin / Maturing ears of sorghum, broom-corn / great millet (Sorghum bicolor) against a blue sky, November, Thailand

Nigel Cattlin / Bird cherry-oat aphids (Rhopalosiphum padi) infestation of plant sucking pests at all stages except alates on a maize / corn leaf

Nigel Cattlin / Straight rows of young maize or corn crop (Zea mays) on light sandy soil in the Champagne Region, France.

Terry Whittaker / Cereals and rice for sale, unpackaged. Mandroseza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2019.

Ingo Arndt / Agricultural cereal field, Germany. June

Nigel Cattlin / European flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella), pest of stored grain, in flour debris in storage.

Nigel Cattlin / Colony of grain aphids (Sitobion avenae) of various wingless stages on the leaf oif a barley crop plant

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rear view of Ladakhi woman carrying cereal harvest from fields on her back. At altitude of 3900m. Honupatta, Ladakh, India. September 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ladakhi woman carrying cereal harvest on her back along slope, at altitude of 3900m. Honupatta, Ladakh, India. September 2011.

Nigel Cattlin / A winter wheat crop in green unripe ear with full grains on a fine day, Berkshire, June

Nigel Cattlin / A winter wheat crop in green unripe ear with full grains on a fine day, Berkshire, June

Lorraine Bennery / Aerial view of farmers transplanting rice, Madagascar. December 2011.

John Shaw / Barn and wheat field in the Palouse farming area of southeastern Washington, USA, August

Nigel Cattlin / View from chalk downland of autumn countryside with trees turning young cereal crops fields and blue sky, West Berkshire, England, UK, October

Nigel Cattlin / Fierce flames from straw stubble burning after a cereal harvest in 1980s to save time and for disease hygiene in the following crop, now banned

Nigel Cattlin / Fierce flames from straw stubble burning after a cereal harvest in 1980s to save time and for disease hygiene in the following crop, now banned

Nigel Cattlin / Typical symptom of blank ears or whiteheads caused by root and stem diseases in a wheat crop, premature ripening