Girl holding yellow Meskel flowers in a fertile green wheat field after the rains, The Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

Vast fields of ripening wheat, near Northam, West Australia, Australia, Pacific

Large ripening wheat field in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Large ripening wheat field in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A close up of wheat ripening in Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Wheat crop ripening by the North Sea at Osgodby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ripening wheat (Tricticum aestivum) with pastureland, arable crops, trees and the Ridgeway in the background, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ripening wheat crop (Tricticum aestivum) with the Ridgeway in the background, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wheat field cereal crop in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Wheat field in Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Wheat field in the Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Wheat field cereal crop in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Wheat field in Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Wheat field in Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Wheat field in Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Vast fields of ripening wheat in December near Northam, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Close up of a green wheat head; East of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A farmer reaching out to touch the grain heads of a ripening crop; Alberta, Canada

A farmer reaching out to touch the grain heads of a ripening crop; Alberta, Canada

White grain bins in a row along a ripening wheat field; Alberta, Canada

Close-up of ripening wheat heads; Alberta, Canada