41% of grains are directly consumed by humans

“Grains are produced for three principal reasons: direct human consumption (41 percent), animal feed (45 percent) and other uses, including industrial consumption.”

BASIC FOODSTUFFS, GRAINS, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome.http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4343e/y4343e02.htm

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