The obvious place for this new endeavour to start was with the ears of cereal crops.

这项新的尝试显然要从谷物的“耳朵”开始。

Well, two main cereal crops were introduced to Ireland during this time: wheat and barley, both in several varieties.

各种品种的小麦和大麦。

Before the cereal crops could be planted, it would have been necessary to clear the forest, and to break the ground by ploughing.

在谷物作物种植前要清理森林，用犁开垦土地。

What about crops? Well, two main cereal crops were introduced to Ireland during this time: wheat and barley, both in several varieties.

那么农作物呢？两种主要的谷物作物在这一时期引入爱尔兰：各种品种的小麦和大麦。

It says the pilot programs of full-cost insurance and income insurance for the three major cereal crops will be extended to make grain growing profitable for farmers.

会议指出，将扩大三大粮食作物完全成本保险和收入保险试点范围，让农民种粮有钱赚。

Duenas does not live in Santo Domingo, a town of 6,300 people set among patchwork fields of cereal crops in the northern Spanish region of La Rioja.

杜埃纳斯并不居住在圣多明戈，那是一个拥有6300人口的小镇，位于西班牙北部拉里奥哈地区的错落的谷物田里。

The domestication of various species of the grass family into cereal crops is regarded as one of the key developments of human civilisation.

将禾本科的各种物种驯化为谷类作物被视为人类文明的关键发展之一。

I mean, it's kinda surprising how little variety the non-African food basket is with the big cereal crops, but weirdly, that innovation system is grossly underfunded.

我的意思是， 非洲以外的食物篮子与大谷类作物的种类如此之少有点令人惊讶，但奇怪的是， 创新系统的资金严重不足。

As mentioned, most of these areas of natural grassland have vanished, being replaced by agriculture, such is the quality of their soils and climatic suitability for cereal crops.

如上所述， 这些天然草原大部分已消失，取而代之的是农业用地， 这些地区的土壤质量和气候都非常适合种植谷物。

By the early second millennium BCE, there is  evidence of farming, cultivating cereal crops, and keeping cattle and sheep, with settlements found  along the west coast and as far north as Shetland.

到公元前二千年初期， 已有农业、种植谷类作物和饲养牛羊的证据，在西海岸和最北至设得兰群岛发现了定居点。

Now they did hunt and they also raised cereal crops and kept sheep, but we don’t know why so many of the paintings are of hunting scenes. Was it supposed to have religious or magical significance?

现在他们打猎了，也种谷养羊了，但不知道为什么画的那么多都是打猎的场景。它应该具有宗教或魔法意义吗？