Gain knowledge of how to grow barley for beer, including harvesting, threshing, and how to malt barley. Barley is a cereal grain, in the same botanical family (Poaceae) as wheat, maize ...

Recent heavy rains have caused widespread crusting problems for producers who grow wheat, barley or oats. David Franzen, North Dakota State Extension soil scientist, summarized the options ...

Malting is the process of germinating the barley, which is crucial for the yeast to access adequate sugars for fermentation. Moisture or water is required for germination to occur, so distilleries ...

When you drive by the massive Rahr Corporation plant on the northwest edge of Shakopee, you may think you’ve hit the end of suburban development. The five-by-two-block campus looks like a ...

Doctor Laura Bowden is a seed specialist, and I've asked her to try and germinate crop seeds for us in different conditions. "Well, these are barley seeds, and these ones I grew in our controlled ...

Malting is the process of making malt by roasting, mashing, and germination of barley. The finished product of malting is mash, a mixture of crushed grains and hot water. During the mashing stage ...