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Annual Progress Report on Malting Barley Research March, 2007

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OTHER BARLEY SERVICE AND RESEARCH WORK<br />

(supported outside AMBA funding)<br />

1.) Quality Testing Services<br />

(A) Regi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Barley</strong> Crop Quality. The regi<strong>on</strong>al survey of North Dakota and Minnesota<br />

barley has been c<strong>on</strong>ducted by this laboratory for over 25 years, and represents an<br />

excellent example of industry-grower cooperati<strong>on</strong>. The survey provides timely<br />

informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the quality of regi<strong>on</strong>al barley as harvest progresses, and has been an<br />

important means of documenting crop quality issues such as pre-harvest sprouting and<br />

DON. The NDBC utilizes the survey in marketing efforts. Samples and data from the<br />

crop survey have been widely utilized in research and ec<strong>on</strong>omic studies. With all<br />

impacts c<strong>on</strong>sidered, the annual crop survey is an important tool in maintaining barley as<br />

a competitive crop within the regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

The 2006 survey of the regi<strong>on</strong>al barley crop was prepared in cooperati<strong>on</strong> with the North<br />

Dakota <strong>Barley</strong> Council and the USDA North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service.<br />

AMBA. A total of 233 six-rowed and 35 two-rowed samples were collected throughout<br />

North Dakota and the primary barley producing regi<strong>on</strong>s of Minnesota. Samples (n=9)<br />

were also collected in eastern M<strong>on</strong>tana. Data was provided to AMBA. A comparative<br />

summary of data is presented in Table I<br />

Table I.<br />

North Dakota and Minnesota Six-rowed <strong>Barley</strong> Crop Quality, 2003–2006<br />

Kernel Plumpness (%) Test Weight (lbs/bu) Protein (%) Kernel Color<br />

2006 58.7 45.9 12.8 3<br />

2005 75.7 46.0 12.9 5<br />

2004 80.4 47.5 12.6 7<br />

2003 76.3 47.8 12.8 6<br />

Samples (n=282) were tested for DON. The average level of DON observed in the 2006<br />

North Dakota and Minnesota Regi<strong>on</strong>al six-rowed barley crop was

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