We conducted a cooperative trial with a number of other states to evaluate potential spring barley lines for use in malting. The results of this trial are located in our small grains variety testing site. Please find the link to this site below.
The trial was organized by North Dakota State University and supported by the Brewers Association. Spring barley is most adapted to the shorter season areas of the state where winter barley is often subject to winterkill. We applied 50 lb N/acre on May 12 and applied Harmony for weed control at the same time.
This trial was planted no-till into soybean stubble on April 14 at a seeding rate of 750,000 seeds per acre (slightly lower than recommended due to seed availability. The crop was harvested on July 20. Conditions were very good for this trial with good precipitation in May, and dry conditions in June and July that resulted in good grain quality. We do not have grain quality back on this trial but in adjacent management trials we had good protein, low vomitoxin levels and high test weights. There was very little lodging in the trial. Yields were exceptional this year with the top entry, Synergy, just under 100 bushels per acre and the trial averaged 87.5 bushels/acre. This trial suggests that some spring malting barley lines have high yield potential in our area. Later in the winter we will have the average results from the other 8 locations that conducted this trial in the northeast.
Visit the Small Grains Variety Testing Site for more information on research conducted management trials to evaluate N and seeding rates. More information will be posted later this year.
Source: psu.edu