Highest barley yield: Timaru farmer sets world record

TIMARU, New Zealand -- Timaru growers Warren and Joy Darling have been growing barley for more than 30 years and were inspired to set a world record at their Poplar Grove Farm this season after last year harvesting 11.5 tonnes a hectare; the record attempt took place on January 23 with a yield of 13.8t/ha from the Blackman Agriculture bred variety 776, which sets the new world record for the Highest barley yield, according to the World Record Academy: http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/soc...