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Alberta barley : nature's advantage

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Alberta accounts for over half of Canada's annual barley production making it a reliable supplier of high-quality feed, malt and food barley. This promotional brochure highlights the attributes of... More ≫

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Alberta accounts for over half of Canada's annual barley production making it a reliable supplier of high-quality feed, malt and food barley. This promotional brochure highlights the attributes of barley and Alberta's barley supply.

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Alberta barley : nature's advantage [Chinese]

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Alberta accounts for over half of Canada's annual barley production making it a reliable supplier of high-quality feed, malt and food barley. This promotional brochure highlights the attributes of... More ≫

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Alberta accounts for over half of Canada's annual barley production making it a reliable supplier of high-quality feed, malt and food barley. This promotional brochure highlights the attributes of barley and Alberta's barley supply.

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Hulless barley potential opportunities

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Barley is a multi-purpose crop grown for food, malting and general purposes (feed) across the Canadian Prairies. Barley is the second largest cereal crop in Alberta. The purpose of this report was... More ≫

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Barley is a multi-purpose crop grown for food, malting and general purposes (feed) across the Canadian Prairies. Barley is the second largest cereal crop in Alberta. The purpose of this report was to research the potential of hulless barley as malt, feed and food.

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Western Canadian grain catchment : benchmark of current grain flows of Canadian Wheat Board grains

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The elimination of mandatory single desk marketing through the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) in August 2012 represented a significant change to the selling of wheat and barley in Western Canada.... More ≫

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The elimination of mandatory single desk marketing through the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) in August 2012 represented a significant change to the selling of wheat and barley in Western Canada. Traditionally the CWB had a great deal of influence on the timing, direction, and departure port of board grains. With more options available to producers, there are expected impacts on the grain marketing and handling system within Western Canada. The purpose of this paper is to capture the current catchment and transportation flows of wheat and barley before the policy change. The intent is to have a benchmark for future comparison when the impacts on the grain marketing and handling system have been fully realized.

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Irrigation scheduling for barley in southern Alberta

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Irrigation management is about controlling the rate, amount, and timing of applied irrigation water in a planned and efficient manner. With good irrigation management, a barley crop can have high... More ≫

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Irrigation management is about controlling the rate, amount, and timing of applied irrigation water in a planned and efficient manner. With good irrigation management, a barley crop can have high yield and quality potential.

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Malting barley

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Provides guidance for the successful production of malting barley, including choosing a variety, selecting a field, seeding, weed and disease control, harvesting, and preparing a representative... More ≫

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Provides guidance for the successful production of malting barley, including choosing a variety, selecting a field, seeding, weed and disease control, harvesting, and preparing a representative sample of the harvested crop.

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Agronomic and fertilizer management of barley in Alberta

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Barley production in Canada is focused primarily in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Table 1). Approximately 94 per cent of barley of production in Canada is in the... More ≫

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Barley production in Canada is focused primarily in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Table 1). Approximately 94 per cent of barley of production in Canada is in the prairie provinces, with Alberta generally producing the most. Barley is the third most commonly grown crop on the prairies, after wheat and canola.

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Storage of high moisture barley

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Grains reach maturity several days before harvest. To prevent spoilage, harvesting is normally delayed to allow the grain drying time in the field. If barley could be harvested when it reached... More ≫

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Grains reach maturity several days before harvest. To prevent spoilage, harvesting is normally delayed to allow the grain drying time in the field. If barley could be harvested when it reached maturity, rather than having to let it dry in the field, then harvests could be completed earlier with reduced field losses. Tough grain with a moisture content of 15.5 to 17.0 per cent when bin stored may rot. Damp grain with a moisture content greater than 17.1 per cent will rot quickly, often producing enough heat to start a fire. Spoiled grain is useless as feed since there is a risk of toxic chemical build-up during spoilage from aflatoxins, which are produced by soil micro-organisms. Aflatoxins endanger the health of both people and animals. Micro-organic contamination occurs during both the growing season and harvest when dust becomes mixed with the grain. If damp grain is to be stored successfully, you must prevent microorganic growth or kill micro-organisms before growth begins.

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Foxtail barley control in direct seeding systems

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Foxtail barley is a tough-to-control perennial weed in zero tillage systems. Herbicides containing glyphosate can effectively control seedlings at relatively low rates with much higher rates... More ≫

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Foxtail barley is a tough-to-control perennial weed in zero tillage systems. Herbicides containing glyphosate can effectively control seedlings at relatively low rates with much higher rates required for control of mature plants. Cultural practices that encourage a competitive crop, such as high seeding rates and banding of nitrogen fertilizer, help to reduce yield losses and slow the spread of foxtail barley.

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Fusarium head blight of barley and wheat [2003]

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Fusarium head blight (FHB), also known as scab or tombstone, is a disease of wheat, barley, oats and other small cereal grains and corn (Figure 1). It is caused by several species of Fusarium;... More ≫

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Fusarium head blight (FHB), also known as scab or tombstone, is a disease of wheat, barley, oats and other small cereal grains and corn (Figure 1). It is caused by several species of Fusarium; however, Fusarium graminearum is the primary species involved. In 1999, Fusarium graminearum was declared a pest under the Alberta Agricultural Pests Act.

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