South Korea's barley output rose for the first time in six years this year amid favorable weather conditions and rising prices, data showed Wednesday. Barley production reached 92,000 tons in 2025, up ...

The estimated production for 2024 paints a picture of just how much production has fallen. Barley production was estimated at 1.75 million bushels in 2024. That's down 56% from last year.

Total 2021 U.S. barley production of 105 million bushels was the lowest in a century and about 40% lower than 2020, Black said.

“Despite lower production, wheat exports are forecast to rise from 23 million tonnes to 25 million tonnes, supported by ...

Cornell University’s Small Grains Breeding program has produced winter malting barley, bred to produce high yields and ...

The study found that rice malt production costs were approximately 20% higher than barley malt ($626 vs. $515 per ton), primarily due to longer malting times reducing annual throughput.

Barley is the important raw material for beer industry and animal feed industry. In the 1930s, China had achieved a barley plantation area of 6.5 million ha and peak barley yield of 8.5 million MT.

In its first production estimates for this year's harvest, the ministry projected French 2022 winter barley production at 8.25 million tonnes, up 0.4% compared with last year's crop.

Slater said the Moorhead plant opened in late 1978 because this was the center of barley production for the region. Since then, soybeans displaced barley, he said.