The interim board of directors for the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association is pleased to announce that it has received conditional approval from the Province to act as the designate organization for spring wheat and barley farmers in Manitoba.
Three of Canada’s leading malting barley organizations will collaborate on a long-term international strategy and a unified brand to highlight Canada’s world-class malt and barley industry with the support of the Harper Government.
Researchers with the University of Alberta have successfully harnessed Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to determine the digestible energy content of barley.
Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz addressed the Western Barley Growers Association’s 2012 Annual General Meeting to highlight the economic benefits of marketing freedom for the barley industry.
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and the Western Barley Growers Association launched a joint website dedicated to promoting grain marketing freedom for wheat and barley farmers in Western Canada.
The head of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Seed Increase Unit says new hulless barley varieties offer swine producers a range of nutritional advantages over covered barleys.
The Western Canadian malt barley market is dysfunctional, according to Western Barley Growers Association (WBGA) President, Brian Otto.
A plant breeder with the University of Saskatchewan is hoping improved returns in the pork industry will prompt an increased interest in a new more environmentally friendly variety of barley.
A researcher with the University of Saskatchewan suggests the main reason for recent drops in the number of acres seeded to barley in western Canada is economics.
The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council is calling on government, scientists and industry to set increased feed barley yields as a research priority.
