date:Dec 02, 2013
consumption was exceeded.
Malting barley yield at 2012 level
Of the malting barley harvest, 69 per cent or about 284 million kilos fulfilled the quality criteria applied by the malting industry with regard to sorting and protein content. The crop quality was good, as the average protein content was low (below 11.5 per cent) and grain size was large. Eviras quality monitoring does not include malting barley germination rates.
Hectolitre weight of feed barley adequate
Of the barley harvest,