Cereals And Other Crops, Northern Ireland
Businesses in the cereals and other crops category grow, harvest and supply arable crops for food, animal feed, processing and use as seed. Cereals commonly include wheat, barley, oats, rye and maize. Other crops may include oilseed rape, peas, beans, linseed, sugar beet, potatoes and forage crops, depending on the farm's land, rotation and local growing conditions. Some businesses specialise in one crop, while others produce a range over the course of the farming year. Typical work includes preparing and cultivating fields, sowing seed, managing weeds and crop pests, applying fertilisers where needed, and harvesting and storing produce. Crops may be sold to grain merchants, food manufacturers, processors, feed suppliers or other farms. Businesses may also supply seed or provide crop-related work such as drilling, spraying, harvesting and grain storage, although the services offered vary.










