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.

Winter strains are available for rye (winter or fall rye), wheat ( winter or fall wheat), barley (winter or fall barley) and triticale (winter triticale).

See also

• Rabi crop

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