date:Nov 19, 2012
the highest since 2007, with 3.6 per cent of grain falling through a 2.25mm sieve. Screening levels were similar in winter and spring sown crops. Nitrogen levels were seen to be very good, averaging 1.6 per cent, down from 1.71 per cent last year.
Spring-sown barley averaged 1.57 per cent and winter barley, 1.69 per cent nitrogen. Skinning of grain has been an issue in 2012, particularly in the north. This has led to renewed interest to understand more about varietal differentiation and how th