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Annual Progress Report on Malting Barley Research March, 2002

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<strong>Barley</strong> samples malted and subjected to malting quality analysis.<br />

2000 Crop Year Summary<br />

4,674 samples were received for analysis:<br />

Breeders’ line micro-malts (170 g) 2,673<br />

Breeders’ line micro-malts (120 g) 340<br />

Western Spring Nursery 102<br />

Mississippi Valley Nursery 130<br />

AMBA Pilot malting samples 22<br />

Breeders’ experimental studies 993<br />

‘In House’ experimental studies 414<br />

Total 4,674<br />

2001 Crop Year Summary<br />

3,523 samples have been received (as of 2-20-02) for analysis:<br />

Breeders’ line micro-malts (170 g) 2,611<br />

Breeders’ line micro-malts (120 g) 142<br />

Western Spring Nursery 100<br />

Mississippi Valley Nursery 116<br />

AMBA Pilot malting samples 22<br />

Malts for experimental studies 382<br />

Malts for ‘in house’ experiments 150<br />

Total 3,523<br />

New equipment. During the year, we replaced our LECO 428 Nitrogen Analyzer with<br />

an updated LECO 528 Analyzer. The analytical principles used by the instruments are<br />

identical and the results from the two are interchangeable. We also purchased and have<br />

received three new steep tanks this year. These will be installed and tested as so<strong>on</strong> as the<br />

current crop year samples have all been analyzed.<br />

Studies with the Joe White <strong>Malting</strong> Systems<br />

Christopher Martens, Allen Budde and Berne J<strong>on</strong>es<br />

Cereal Crops <strong>Research</strong> Unit, USDA, ARS<br />

Objectives. Our Joe White (JW) Micromalting systems have been optimized to produce<br />

malts that have quality parameters that are similar to those from malts prepared with our<br />

traditi<strong>on</strong>al malting system and comparable to commercial malts. The use of the JW<br />

micromalters has increased our annual malting capacity by 1,500 samples. During this<br />

year, we examined how changes in some steps of the malting process affected the malt<br />

quality. In additi<strong>on</strong>, we started using the JW machines to carry out the regular<br />

micromalting of ‘experimental’ barleys from collaborating barley researchers.

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