Record heat and dire drought are both taking a toll on the U.S. barley crop this year, a factor that could hamper a key ingredient used to brew beer. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says unfavorable ...

Climate change is shifting growing seasons and introducing other weather phenomena that may have a major impact on crop yields in the coming years. In addition to farmers making adjustments to their ...

Every year, billions of dollars' worth of crops worldwide perish due to pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), a phenomenon in which grain or seeds germinate on the plant before harvest. The process is ...

POCATELLO — Idaho’s 2023 barley crop set a record for average yield this year and the state’s barley farmers produced their second biggest crop ever. According to USDA’s National Agricultural ...

Idaho’s 2022 barley crop is on track to be much bigger than it was in 2021. Idaho leads the United States in barley production and produces about a third of the nation’s total crop. Last year’s severe ...

Don Nygaard, a third-generation farmer in a remote corner of North Dakota, used to grow malt barley for Rahr Malting Corporation to make into lagers, pale ales and IPAs. But this year, he received no ...

Like producers of all sorts of crops, the drought is weighing heavily on barley growers as their harvesting season barrels around the corner. The harvest season is being pushed ahead due to the ...

Shane Baker planted the Neo barley in the last week of March and it has had two waterings from a centre pivot irrigator. The water was applied in early April, when it was dry, but since then solid ...

PARIS, June 13 (Reuters) - France's farm ministry on Tuesday forecast the country's 2023 winter barley production at 9.07 million tonnes, up 7.3% from 8.45 million tonnes last year and the highest ...