Editing Cereal (section)

=== Animal feed ===

{{further|Animal feed}}

[[File:Chickens feeding.jpg|thumb|Chickens eating cereal-rich [[animal feed|feed]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cereals in poultry diets – Small and backyard poultry |url=https://poultry.extension.org/articles/feeds-and-feeding-of-poultry/feed-ingredients-for-poultry/cereals-in-poultry-diets/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=poultry.extension.org}}</ref>]]

Cereals and their related byproducts such as [[hay]] are routinely [[animal husbandry|fed to farm animals]]. Common cereals as animal food include maize, barley, wheat, and oats. Moist grains may be treated chemically or made into [[silage]]; mechanically flattened or crimped, and kept in airtight storage until used; or stored dry with a moisture content of less than 14%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feeding cereal grains to livestock: moist vs dry grain |url=https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/feeding-cereal-grains-to-livestock-moist-vs-dry-grain |publisher=Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref> Commercially, grains are often combined with other materials and formed into feed pellets.<ref name="Thomas van Vliet van der Poel 1998">{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=M. |last2=van Vliet |first2=T. |last3=van der Poel |first3=A.F.B. |title=Physical quality of pelleted animal feed 3. Contribution of feedstuff components |journal=Animal Feed Science and Technology |volume=70 |issue=1–2 |date=1998 |doi=10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00072-2 |pages=59–78}}</ref>