Tractor dispersing food to a large flock of Common cranes (Grus grus), Agamon Hula, Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative to mitigate again...

Large flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding, Agamon Hula, Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative to mitigate against crop damage.

Jurgen Freund / Seeds and flower from large tropical almond, sea almond, beach almond (Terminalia catappa) against black sand, Sulawesi beach, Indonesia

Nigel Cattlin / Husk taken off to show kernels of corn in a forage maize crop grown for livestock feed, Berkshire, England, UK, September

Karine Aigner / Woman with palm oil kernels (Elaeis guineensis) for local palm oil production. . Oshwe, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Tractor dispersing food to a large flock of Common cranes (Grus grus), Agamon Hula, Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative to mitigate again...

Showreel of video clips showing a flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding, Agamon Hula, Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative to mitigat...

Chris Gomersall / Common cranes (Grus grus) flock feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of common cranes (Grus grus) feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of common cranes (Grus grus) feeding early on a misty morning. Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Common crane (Grus grus) adult feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Common cranes (Grus grus) flock feeding just after dawn. Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) feeding in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are being fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Flock of common cranes (Grus grus) feeding on a misty morning in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against crop damage.

Chris Gomersall / Tourists in a 'safari wagon' observing a flock of Common cranes (Grus grus) in the Hula Valley, Israel. January. The cranes are fed on maize kernels by a farmers' co-operative, to mitigate against cro...

Klein & Hubert / Sweet almond tree (Prunus dulcis) branch, with ripening fruits, Spain.

Klein & Hubert / Sweet almond tree (Prunus dulcis) branch, with ripening fruits, Spain.

Klein & Hubert / Sweet almond tree (Prunus dulcis) branch, with ripening fruits, Spain.

Adrian Davies / Oil palm kernels (Elaeis guineensis) on ground, Sabah, Borneo

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernels held in hand, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm kernels for oil tranported in canoe on Kapuas river, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernels (Elaeis guineensis) at plantation, central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernels (Elaeis guineensis) at plantation, central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernels (Elaeis guineensis) at plantation, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernels (Elaeis guineensis) at plantation, central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Jack Dykinga / Chestnut mandibled toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) in tropical rainforest canopy with beech almond fruit. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alan Williams / Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on Sunflower seed kernels in feeder in garden, Cheshire, England, UK, April 2010

Doug Wechsler / Kamut wheat (Triticum sp) marketed under tradename of Kamut by Kamut International; cultivar name QK-77, a large grain similar to durum wheat, USA

Nigel Cattlin / Bunt or covered smut (Tilletia tritici) infected ripe wheat ear with bunt balls cut open to show spores replacing grain.

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Partly exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Poorly and unevenly pollinated exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays), undeveloped and partly fertilized, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Deformed Sweet corn (Zea mays) tassel ear that has produced kernels which are not protected by a husk, the plant also produces a normal cob. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob shrivelled and brown after fertilization from wind blown pollen. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob and receptive to wind dispersed pollen from the male tassels. Berkshire, England, UK, August.