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Barley Market Report: Tighter Global Supplies Set to Support Canadian Barley Prices in 2026/27
Global barley supplies are tightening this year as production falls in every major exporting country, pointing to stronger Canadian barley prices in 2026/27 and a narrower discount ahead.
Swathing vs. Straight Combining Barley
Discover the pros and cons of swathing vs. straight combining barley to produce marketable malting barley. Learn why desiccants like pre-harvest glyphosates are not allowed and how timing, quality management, and equipment availability play a role in your harvest decision.
S3.E8 – Where Resistance Begins: The Origin of Barley Disease Ratings
When you open the seed guide and check a variety’s disease rating, you’re looking at the end of a chain that runs back years — through disease nurseries, lab screens, field evaluations, breeding crosses, and sometimes all the way to wild barley. This episode traces that chain in reverse, and asks what happens when parts of it start to break.
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Swathing vs. Straight Combining Barley
Discover the pros and cons of swathing vs. straight combining barley to produce marketable malting barley. Learn why desiccants like pre-harvest glyphosates are not allowed and how timing, quality management, and equipment availability play a role in your harvest decision.
Seeding
Managing Protein in Malt Barley: Beyond Nitrogen Rates
Why did the highest-yielding malt barley crop on record still get rejected for protein? Practical strategies to hit malt spec and avoid downgrades.
Feed Barley
Beyond Malt: Fundamentals of Marketing Barley for Feed
With malt acceptance uncertain and corn reshaping feed markets, farmers must understand the forces driving feed barley prices to capture the best returns. By Delaney Seiferling, Freelance Writer For many Saskatchewan farmers, barley has traditionally been a malt story. However, in recent years, more and more may find themselves looking seriously at the feed market […]
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