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Scotland is synonymous with two cereal crops: oats and barley. Oats have long formed a critical part of the Scots’ diet, and porridge and oatcakes are still hugely popular; barley, is critical for distilling and is also used to feed animals. Wheat is widely grown as well and usually milled for flour.
Most cereal production takes place on the rich, flat lands of Scotland’s east coast, where the soil is more likely to drain after heavy rain and crops can be harvested more easily.