Until recently, basic long grain white, brown and quick-cooking or pre-seasoned convenience rices were all they had.

Rice Chex and cornflakes do not look like the basic grains whose name they bear, but at least the colors are similar.

They have mastered the cultivation of basic grains such as corn, beans, and rice.

Without irrigation, there is only one harvest per year so crops such as basic grains require irrigation.

Agricultural products grown more in the municipality are: basic grains, sesame, vegetables and fruits.

If sustained, the recent surge in basic grain and oilseeds prices could translate into higher food costs in a matter of months.

Iraq imported 90 percent of its basic grain needs before the crisis.

"These are the basic grains of man's sustenance," said Fielding.

By the early 1970s, then, Mexico was experiencing a strange phenomenon-exporting increasing amounts of beef even while basic grains had to be imported.

The basic grain in Greece is wheat, though barley is also grown.