MSU Extension Malting Barley

A growing number of faculty, extension educators and staff at Michigan State University are involved in malting barley research. In recent years, research has been extended to other grains used in the brewing and distilling industries as well as other uses for barley. Below is a list of research topics including 

• Spring Barley (James DeDecker and Christian Kapp)
• Winter Barley (Brook Wilke)
• Wheat and Oat (Dennis Pennington)
• Cereal Rye (Brook Wilke)
• Malting Barley Diseases (Martin Chilvers)
• Malting Barley Agronomy (Maninder Singh and Brook Wilke)
• Barley as a Feed Ingredient (Jongkyoo Kim)

We've included a running list of variety trial and management publications from these research efforts below.

Variety Trials

• 2023 Winter Barley Variety Trial
• 2022 Winter Barley Variety Trial
• 2017-2021 Winter Barley Variety Trends
• 2021 Winter Barley Variety Trial
• 2020 Winter Barley Variety Trial
• 2019 Winter Barley Variety Trial
• 2018 Winter Barley Variety Trial (Saline)
• 2018 Winter Barley Variety Trial (Hickory Corners and Kawkawlin)
• 2017 Winter Barley Variety Trial

• 2020-2021 Cereal Rye Trial

• 2022 Spring Barley and Oat Variety Trial
• 2021 Spring Barley and Oat Variety Trial
• 2020 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2019 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2018 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2018 Organic Oat Trial
• 2017 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2016 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2015 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2014 Spring Barley Variety Trial
• 2013 Spring Barley Variety Trial

Management Trials

• 2019 Managing Fusarium Head Scab of Malting Barley
• 2019 Winter Barley Fungicide Trial
• 2018 Winter Barley Management Recommendations
• 2017 KBS Winter Malting Barley Management Trial
• 2017 MSU Malting Barley Research Program
• 2017 Thumb Region Winter Malting Barley Management Trial
• 2016 UK Heritage Barley Research
• 2015 UK Heritage Barley Research
• Determine most effective seeding rates (seeds/acre) based on yield and quality characteristics (2015)
• Reducing pre-harvest sprouting in malting barley through cultural management practices (2015)
• Thumb spring malting barley trial (2015)
• Determining optimum fertility program to produce high quality and yielding spring malting barley (2013)
• Utilizing fungicides to control disease and resulting DON in spring malting barley (2013)