One of the oldest cultivated cereals, barley is a central ingredient in making malt for beer and whisky. Most people will be familiar with barley water drinks and pearl barley (the polished grain)which is used in soups and stews. Barley is also used in bread, but much of our production is made into animal feed, especially for pigs.
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2010 is a medium dormancy year
Results from HGCA-funded research (Project 3336) have shown that dormancy in black-grass seed samples this autumn is medium
7 Dec 2010
Staverton Park, Daventry Road, Staverton, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 6JT
20 Jan 2011
Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB51 5NT