| Agronomy
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Barley
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| Barley
has a spike type inflorescence and matures earlier than most of the other
cereals that can be grown in Indiana. |
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Because
of this it is receiving some attention as a possible crop to be included
in double cropping systems. The winter types can be seeded in the
fall, harvested in spring or early summer and then soybeans can be planted.
About 60% of our barley is used in livestock feeds and the other 40% is
used in the malting industry. Extremely uniform kernels are required
by the malting industry to insure that all the kernel will sprout at the
same time thus resulting in a very high quality malt. Most of the
malting barleys are grown in the northern part of the U.S. The spring
type of barley is by far the most important and most commonly grown.
The kernels grow in rows on the spike. There are six-row types and
two-row types of spikes. |
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| The auricles
of barley are very prominent and quite a bit larger than those of wheat
and this will aid in differentiating seedling barley from seedling wheat. |
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The grain
of barley threshes with the hulls attached and this outer covering makes
barley seed fairly easy to identify. |