Malting Barley Seminars

Malting barley growers heard the latest information from researchers and advisors on how to use the correct agronomy to achieve the quality parameters for malting barley. The seminars looked at the latest varieties and addressed the areas of nitrogen inputs to achieve the protein specs. The seminars heard of the latest research on grain skinning from international research and also the latest disease control research from Teagasc.

Presentations

• Spring Barley Varieties for 2017 (PDF) – Seamus Kearney, Crops Evaluation and Certification Division, Moorepark
• Producing low protein malting barley (PDF) – Richie Hackett, Oak Park
• Meeting the protein specification for malting barley (PDF) – Richie Hackett, Oak Park
• Grain skinning: how we are solving the problem and what are the next steps? (PDF) – Steve Hoad and Maree Brennan
• Efficient use of fungicides on malting barley (PDF) – Liz Glynn, Teagasc CELUP, Oak Park Crops Research
• Malting Barley Best Practice (PDF) – Ciaran Hickey