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Cereals bucked the broader trend, climbing 1.8% in November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Cereals such as wheat, maize, and barley as well as oilseed crops such as sunflowers, rapeseed, and linseed account for almost 70% of the imported footprint from these countries.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

Cereals and bakery products cost more, while fruit and vegetable prices were unchanged.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

Cereals that were on the border that I ultimately decided did not go in the sweet category: Life, Honey Bunches of Oats, and Kix, among others.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2019

Cereals and pulses together thus provide many of the ingredients of a balanced diet.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond