After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer may be faced with the unpredictable problem of untimely sprouting of barley. Sprouted barley fetches considerably low market ...

As with many other crops, the seeding of barley was delayed in some areas due to the cool-wet spring. One consequence has been a later and longer harvest period in many barley growing areas. “This ...

Climate change is expected to have a big impact on crop yields and food security over the coming decades, as farmers contend with rising temperatures and increasingly abnormal conditions. Scientists ...

KELLOGG, Minn. — Sprouted grains can make an attractive supplement to stored feeds. Silvia Abel-Caines, staff ruminant nutritionist for CROPP Cooperative, discussed sprouted grains and nutrition ...