Welcome The American Malting Barley Association, Inc. The AMBA Mission is to encourage and supportproduction of an adequate supply of high quality malting barley for the malting and brewingindustry and increase our understanding of malting barley. Our vision is to be the leader inimprovement, …

Barley Research Attainment of the goal of improved malting barley varieties involves both basic and applied research in biochemistry, breeding, cytogenetics, entomology, genetics, molecular biology, pathology, physiology, and production. AMBA make grants averaging $700,000 per year to state and …

Economic Significance of BarleyOne of the strengths of the U.S. economy is its crop production and agricultural based industries. Crop and value-added product exports reduce the unfavorable trade balance and generate new employment, grower income, and federal revenue.     Maintenance of …

NBIC Overview The National Barley Improvement Committee (NBIC) is a coalition representing the entire US barley industry: growers, users, and researchers. The NBIC's major purpose is to be an advisor/advocate regarding how federal barley research funding is directed.     The NBIC …

Barley Variety Surveys         2011 Surveys 7 State Summary  Colorado  Idaho  Minnesota  Montana  North Dakota  Washington  Wyoming  2011 Map    Previous Surveys 1997199819992000200120022002 Map20032003 Map20042004 Map20052005 …

Barley Variety Dictionary The decision has been made to end the printing of new supplements for the Barley Variety Dictionary. New varieties (especially malting varieties) will be made available here. Descriptions of the following varieties are currently available as Acrobat (pdf) …

Know Your Malting Barley Varieties These malting varieties listed in alphabetical order are recommended by AMBA for planting in 2010.  When delivered to market in pure carlots of sound, bright, plump, low moisture barley in an acceptable protein range, they may command premium prices over feed …

National Barley Improvement Committee    Objectives Serve as a national forum for discussion of matters important to barley research, production and utilization. Serve in an information distribution capacity to all persons interested in barley. To help identify national and regional …

AMBA , ACREAGE, PRODUCTION & STOCK REPORTS     Production 1/12/2012 Stocks 1/12/2012 Acreage 3/30/2012 Stocks 3/30/2012 Acreage 6/29/2012 Stocks 6/29/2012 Production 7/11/2012 Production 8/10/2012 Stocks 9/28/2012 Production 9/28/2012 …

Production Guidelines for CHARLES: A New Two-rowed Winter Malt Barley The yield potential for winter barley significantly exceeds that of spring barley and may require less irrigation over the length of the growing season. In years where winter kill wasn’t an issue, winter barley yields …

AMERICAN MALTING BARLEY ASSOCIATION, INC. EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH 2004 CROP BARLEY STORAGE MILWAUKEEWhile growing conditions in 2004 were generally better than those experienced in 2002, some of the same concerns are appearing in many areas. American Malting Barley Association, Inc. (AMBA) …

AMBA releases the list of recommended malting barley varieties for 2012. The recommended two-rowed varieties for 2012 are AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, Charles, Conlon, Conrad, Harrington, Hockett, Merit, Merit 57, Moravian 37, Moravian 69, Pinnacle, and Scarlett. Six-rowed varieties are Celebration, …

The 15th Australian Barley Technical Symposium 18 - 21 September 2011 Hilton Adelaide Hotel, South Australia "Barley for Business" is the theme of the 15th ABTS and this will be reflected in sessions addressing industry consolidation, privatisation of plant breeding and corporate investment …

AMBA will be conducting four Barley Variety Identification Workshops this fall. The workshops will be held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the following locations: Idaho Falls, ID 10/11/2011 Great Falls, MT 10/13/2011 Fargo, ND 10/18/2011 Click here for Registration Forms Click here for more information …

This article appeared in AgWeek on December 26, 2012.  It discusses crop budgets released by North Dakota State University and shows malting barley has given the greatest average return of any crop across the state of North Dakota. ...read more>> …

Budgets:  Guidelins for 2012 Budgets The Northland Community & Technical College Farm Business Management Program have revised their preliminary budgets for the 2012 crop season.  ...read more>>> …

Update from the Idaho Barley Commission An update on barley  statistics from the Idaho Barley Commission can be found on pages 10 & 11 here>> …

Idaho Barley Commission 2011 Barley Quality Report The Idaho Barley Commission has released its 2011 quality report which can be accessed by clicking here. …