Reading Time: 3 minutes Want to stop growing malt barley like it’s 1999? Alberta Barley is here to help. The new ‘Better Malt, Better Barley’ online interactive map allows users to see how a number of both old and new malt barley varieties fare in different parts of the province. “A long-standing issue in the Canadian malt industry has […] Read more
Online tool offers deep – but quick – dive into malt barley varieties
Interactive map offers a host of info, including data from malt trials conducted across Alberta
Few yield boosts, but lots of food for thought in farmer-driven trials
With Plot2Farm, producers themselves answer key questions on emerging practices
Reading Time: 4 minutes Boosting nitrogen in barley, wide- versus narrow-row spacing, and three-way split nitrogen applications were in the spotlight in producer-driven on-farm trials in 2022. Although increased yield wasn’t in the cards in several cases, moments of clarity may have made up for it. Plot2Farm is a field-scale research program in which farmers themselves conduct the kind […] Read more
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