DAZEY, N.D. — Eric Broten stands in a field of ripening two-row barley. From the road, the crop appears to be almost ready for harvest. But close up, a major concern becomes obvious: mixed in with the ...

Mark Seastrand has been around barley since he was a kid on the family farm. Now, the Sheyenne, N.D., farmer, who though the years has seen ups and downs for the crop, is relatively optimistic about ...

DAZEY, N.D. — Eric Broten stands in a field of ripening two-row barley. From the road, the crop appears to be almost ready for harvest. But close up, a major concern becomes obvious: mixed in with the ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3000 years seeing off: 5 changes in civilisation, water ...

Agriculture Farmers face extra risk in switch to two-row barley Area farmers face a challenging transition from raising once-common six-row barley to the increasingly popular two-row variety. Beer ...