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[http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42089 ITIS 42089] 2002-09-22 Rye (Secale cereale) occurs as grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. These are the member of the wheat tribe and is closely related barley and wheat. Rye grain is utilized to produce flour, provender, a few whiskeys and most vodkas. Rye, alone or even even overseeded, is planted as a stock forage or harvested for hay. These are extremely tolerant of soil acidity & is extra tolerant of prohibitionist & cool conditions than wheat, though not when tolerant of cold when barley. A number one conceivable apply of farm rye comes from either a places of Tell Abu Hureyra in northern Syria, in the Euphrates Valley, dating to late Epi-Palaeolithic.

Rye was non one of a independent cereals of Classical Antiquity. Probably it was single an accidental plant occurring around microscopic cost around virtually all wheat fields. Since a middle ages, it is widely cultivated within Central and Eastern Europe and is the main bread cereal in virtually all areas east of the French-German border and n of Hungary.

Rye straw is prized in Corn dolly making.

Rye Extract is often utilized as a medicine.

Cereal Breeding Research Darzau
Advice on growing winter rye in Germany.

Fall Rye Production
Production information from the Alberta, Canada agricultural department.

MOCA Study : Estonia Rye
Reviews production of the cereal rye in Estonia.

On-farm Research: An Ode to Rye
Using a rye cover crop as a weed suppressant for soybeans.

A Production Perspective on Rye
Reports on European rye production from the USDA.

Rye
Information about the cereal form the US Agriculutral Marketing Research Center.

Alternative Field Crops Manual: Rye
Features history, uses, growth habits, environment requirements, cultural practices, and varieties.

Rye - Secale cereale
Production history and links from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Rye as a Cover Crop
Discusses how to grow and use rye as a cover crop.

Rye Production and Management
From the Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives department.