Wisconsin’s humid climate makes managing disease, specifically fusarium head blight in barley, more difficult and condition-dependent than in more arid states like South Dakota, Montana and Idaho, ...

The American Malting Barley Association has added ABI Montana to its annual list of recommended varieties for growers for the ...

Overall “contraction” is the biggest challenge the malting barley industry faces, said Ashley McFarland, new American Malting ...

Ashley McFarland is the new president and CEO of the American Malting Barley Association. Jackson Takach has taken on ...

A drop in the sale of beer and too much barley in bins has resulted in uncertainty for some of the farmers who contract the crop with malting and brewing companies. The amount of barley that maltsters ...

IFA grain chair John Murphy said malting barley growers have been left behind again and will be asking when some of this money will make its way back to growers.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — No beer. No barley. “That’s the kind of situation we're in,” Mark Black, North American Malteurop barley procurement and trials manager, told farmers during a presentation about ...

Massive cuts to malting barley contracts leave Scotland’s growers facing tough choices, rising costs, and uncertainty across the wider ...

In real estate parlance, the mantra is “location.” In the food and beverage industry, the trending buzzword is “local.” For Delaware farmers considering growing a new, alternative crop — malt barley — ...

Beer sales in the United States declined in 2023, and that, combined with a robust supply of barley on hand, has resulted in a decreased demand for malting barley, particularly for Anheuser-Busch. An ...