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Crop rotation
The countryside
is often a colourful
patchwork pattern
because farmers grow
a different crop on the
same land each year.
This helps to keep the
soil fertile.
Wheat crops
Wheat seeds are planted in the
autumn, become rapidly growing
seedlings in the spring, and the
ripe crop is ready to be harvested
(picked) in the summer.
Field to fork
Once crops have been
harvested, they are taken to
be prepared into food. Wheat
grains are ground into flour to
make bread, pasta, and more!
Wholemeal flour
uses the whole
grain. White flour
only uses some of it.
After wheat, fodder
(animal feed) crops
might be planted.
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