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A type of cereal grain grown for its seed, which goes by the same name as the oat and is sometimes referred to as the common oat, is the oat. Oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, but livestock feed is one of their most common applications. When consumed regularly, oats, a nutrient-dense food, are linked to lower blood cholesterol.
Oat avenins are gluten proteins that are similar to wheat gliadin. A small number of people may develop celiac disease as a result of them. Additionally, oat products are frequently tainted by other grains that contain gluten, particularly wheat and barley.
Avena sterilis is both the minor crop A. byzantina and the wild ancestor of Avena sativa. The wild oat A. sterilis is naturally hexaploid. The Fertile Crescent of the Near East is where the earliest forms of A. sterilis were found, according to genetic evidence. Oats are typically thought to have originated as a secondary crop – that is, as a weed of the primary cereal domesticates – then spread westward into cooler, wetter regions that are suitable for oats, eventually leading to their domestication in Europe and the Middle East.
Oats thrive in temperate climates. They are particularly important in regions with cool, wet summers, such as the Northwest of Europe and even Iceland, where they have a lower requirement for summer heat and a greater tolerance for rain than other cereals like wheat, rye, or barley. Oats are a perennial plant that can be planted either in the spring or autumn.
Oats were produced globally in 2017 for a total of 29 million short tons 26 million metric tons; 26 million long tons, or 13 percent more than in 2016. Russia took the lead in production with 21% of the total, followed by Canada with 14%. Australia, Poland, China, and Finland were also significant producers, each with more than one million metric tons. Oat is the seventh most commonly produced cereal worldwide as of May 2021.
