There are nealy 100 varieties of oats. Oats are a very nourishing food. It is rich in starch and protein. Prepared forms, like oatmeal and rolled oats, are often eaten especially in breakfast cereal. A valuable use of oats is as a food for livestock.
Oats are the best of all grains for horses.
The oat stalk ends in a group of branches called spikelets. The grain grows at the end of the spikelets. Each seed has a protective husk around it. Wheat products feed hundreds of millions of people throughout the world everyday. Wheat is a grass-type plant.