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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Malting barley industry hopes to rebound
By MATTHEW
WEAVER
Capital Press
The U.S. malting barley
industry hopes to rebound
after drought reduced last
year’s production by 31%.
Total U.S. barley produc-
tion was estimated at nearly
118 million bushels, down
from nearly 171 million
bushels in 2020.
In the Pacifi c Northwest,
Oregon production was
down 72%, from 2.2 million
bushels to 608,000 bushels.
Washington production
was down 58%, from 6.4
million bushels in 2020 to
2.7 million bushels in 2021.
Idaho was down 21%,
from 55 million bushels to
roughly 47 million bushels.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture doesn’t distin-
guish between malt, feed
and food barleys. The major-
ity of malting barley acres
are grown under contract.
“We were going into 2021
with low barley stocks, and
then we ended 2021 with
even lower barley stocks,”
said Ashley McFarland,
vice president and techni-
cal director of the American
Malting Barley Association.
“Hopefully ... we’ll be
able to bounce back and get
back to normal production
volume, but we’re really
going to have to see what the
snow pack is and what our
drought monitor says going
into the season,” she said.
Canada also experienced
drought conditions.
“They were actually pull-
ing barley from us at times,
so our stocks dwindled even
more than in a normal year,”
McFarland said.
Don Jenkins/Capital Press
Farmer Dave Fenn harvests winter barley in July 2020 in Lewis County in Washington state.
The association recently
released its annual list of
recommended barley variet-
ies for growers, intended to
provide guidance for which
varieties the industry may be
purchasing this year.
The list is not a list of
approved or certifi ed malting
varieties for use by brewers,
distillers, food companies
or maltsters. There may be
many suitable malting bar-
ley varieties grown domes-
tically or internationally that
are not on the list, according
to the organization.
That’s particularly rele-
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
OREGON PRODUCTION WAS DOWN
72%, FROM 2.2 MILLION BUSHELS
TO 608,000 BUSHELS.
vant this year, McFarland
said.
“We had such low pro-
duction volumes coming
off of 2021 because of the
drought,” she said, adding
that it will likely increase the
amount of barley the U.S.
has to import.
A large maltster might
have to ship in barley from
Europe or Australia, McFar-
land said.
“Just because a maltster
is having to use a diff erent
variety that’s not on our list
doesn’t mean it’s bad,” she
said.
Over time, the list has
become an industry “gospel”
of sorts, McFarland said.
“That’s true in terms from
a grower sense,” she said.
“What we don’t want is a
brewer saying, ‘My maltster
gave me this barley malt and
it’s not on the list.’ That’s not
what the list is intended for.”
New to the list this year
are the varieties ABI Cardi-
nal and Regina.
ABI Cardinal is bred by
Anheuser-Busch at Global
Barley Research in Fort Col-
lins, Colorado.
It represents a shift from
Anheuser-Busch’s six-row
barleys to breeding two-row
barleys, McFarland said.
The barley heads diff er,
from two rows of grain com-
pared to six rows of grain.
Six-row barleys have
dominated larger, adjunct
brewers for a long time,
based on the profi le the bar-
ley provides, McFarland
said.
“There’s also certainly
some yield enhancement
with a six-row barley, but
maybe you’re not getting as
plump a kernel,” she said.
Two-row barleys are
more in favor for all-malt
and craft brewers, but breed-
ing has evolved to perform
just as well, increasing inter-
est from larger brewers.
Market
preferences
between two-row barley and
six-row barley can depend
on how the variety is used,
growing area and its genetic
makeup, McFarland said.
Regina is a German-bred
winter variety that is grown
in Ohio and surrounding
states.
The variety Conlon was
removed because it was not
used often, McFarland said.
“If our members are not
seeing value in a variety,
they certainly don’t want to
be recommending to farmers
to be growing that,” McFar-
land said. “We just want to
make sure that list is most
refl ecting what they’re want-
ing to buy.”
Some varieties are used
in large quantities and many
others are used only in niche
markets. Producers are
encouraged to contact their
local elevator, grain handler
or processor to gauge mar-
ket demand for any variety
grown in their region prior
to seeding.
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