Editing Poaceae (section)

=== Food production ===
{{see also|Domestication of wheat}}

Of all crops grown, 70% are grasses.<ref name="Time Life Books-1985">{{cite book|title=Grasslands and Tundra|publisher=Time Life Books|year=1985|series=Planet Earth|editor=George Constable|isbn=978-0-8094-4520-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/grasslandstundra00time/page/19 19]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/grasslandstundra00time/page/19}}</ref> Agricultural grasses grown for their edible seeds are called ''[[cereal]]s'' or ''[[grain]]s'' (although the latter term, when used agriculturally, refers to both cereals and similar seeds of other plant species, such as [[buckwheat]] and [[legumes]]). Three cereals&mdash;rice, wheat, and maize (corn)&mdash;provide more than half of all calories consumed by humans.<ref name="Raven-1995">{{cite book|title=Understanding Biology|edition=3rd|first1=P.H. |last1=Raven |first2=G.B. |last2=Johnson |page=536|isbn=978-0-697-22213-8|year=1995|editor=Carol J. Mills|publisher=WM C. Brown}}</ref> Cereals constitute the major source of [[carbohydrate]]s for humans and perhaps the major source of protein; these include rice (in [[South Asia|southern]] and [[eastern Asia]]), maize (in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]), and wheat and barley (in [[Europe]], [[northern Asia]] and the [[Americas]]).

[[Sugarcane]] is the major source of [[sugar]] production. Additional food uses of sugarcane include [[sprouting|sprouted grain]], [[Shoot (botany)|shoot]]s, and [[rhizome]]s, and in drink they include [[sugarcane juice]] and [[plant milk]], as well as [[rum]], [[beer]], [[whisky]], and [[Żubrówka|vodka]].

[[Bamboo shoot]]s are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths, and are available in supermarkets in various sliced forms, in both fresh, fermented and canned versions.

[[Lemongrass]] is a grass used as a culinary herb for its citrus-like flavor and scent.

Many species of grass are grown as [[pasture]] for foraging or as [[fodder]] for prescribed [[livestock]] feeds, particularly in the case of [[cattle]], [[horse]]s, and [[sheep]]. Such grasses may be cut and stored for later feeding, especially for the winter, in the form of bales of [[hay]] or [[straw]], or in silos as [[silage]]. Straw (and sometimes hay) may also be used as bedding for animals.

An example of a [[sod]]-forming perennial grass used in agriculture is ''[[Thinopyrum intermedium]]''.