For pancakes the flour is usually blended with that from other grains. Whole buckwheat grain may be used in poultry scratch feed mixtures. The middlings from milling make good livestock feed as they are high in protein. The straw is higher in protein but lower in digestable carbohydrates than grass grain straw. The buckwheat plant is an excellent honey source as the blossoms are rich in nectar, and blooming continues into the fall months.
Some beekeepers plant buckwheat primarily for such use.