Fargo, North DAkota
February 12, 2009
The
North Dakota State
University Institute of Malting and Barley Sciences (IBMS)
Web site has new information available to answer producer
questions.
Go to
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ibms/index.html and click on
Education.
The information was delivered during producer meetings held in
January at various locations in North Dakota and Montana.
Approximately 200 barley producers, elevator managers, industry
representatives and NDSU Extension Service personnel attended
the meetings.
Topics on the Web include:
- Barley economics for 2009
- Food barley
- 2009 barley insurance
update
- Barley outlook for 2009
- Barley irrigation
- Fertility consideration
- Barley risk management
strategies
- American Malting Barley
Association update
- 2009 barley variety update
- Principles of feeding
barley to cattle
- Effect of fertilizer and
planting rates on dryland malt barley
- Barley rotation and
variety selection
- Crop contract
considerations
- Barley Coordinated
Agricultural Project update
- IBMS update
- Barley quality
- Insect problems in barley
- Barley opportunities and
challenges
"This is an opportunity for those
who could not attend the meetings to get up- to-date information
from the Web site," says Karen Hertsgaard, IBMS information
specialist. "The information is especially valuable as producers
make considerations for spring planting."
Most of the presentations can be downloaded or printed from the
Web site. For more information, contact Hertsgaard at (701)
231-5384 or e-mail
karen.hertsgaard@ndsu.edu. |
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