Spring barley seed for top varieties is in short supply this season, with prices edging up as growers look to drill one of the biggest crops on record. With virtually all autumn-drilled crop areas set ...

With fewer input costs, prime opportunities to hit blackgrass and premium prices for malting and brewing, spring barley is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Average yields were up 2.4% this harvest ...

This year is in stark contrast to last year when much of the land was still largely waterlogged. A huge proportion of the spring barley has now been sown - much of it three weeks earlier than 2024 - ...

Growing cereal crops in Scotland has become increasingly "unpredictable and difficult", farming body NFU Scotland (NFUS) has said. It said "unusual weather" had resulted in this year's spring barley ...

Spring barley remains the most popular and, usually, profitable of the spring cropping options in Scotland but that top ranking for profitability depends on attaining good yields of over 6 t/ha. The ...

In many regions of the Earth, agriculture is threatened by a lack of water. Therefore, new plant varieties must be developed that are especially resistant to drought. For scientists at the Max Planck ...

Wild barley was domesticated some 10,000 years ago in the Middle East, a region known as the Fertile Crescent. It is a long long-day plant and needs at least twelve hours of light a day to form ...

Spring barley growers have control over all the elements of growing spring barley, all but price and weather, so focus on what you can influence inside the field gate. The level of rainfall recorded ...