barley acres

[Partners]

We made a lot of money back in the board days with the paid storage.
Got feed in 10 and 11 so quit after that.
High was $7.98 a bushel..after board and P&H storage added on.

[malleefarmer]

met a retired malster at family gathering interesting discussion.

we had a barley which became "superseceded" oh maybe 15 if not 20yrs ago but was a good almost never fail malt except in drought years protein would go up.

had various agronomic failures which plant breeders fixed with newer types and supposed lower yielding.

anyway point is this guys says they pay a hefty premium for it for the handful of growers who still grow it and hefty I'm talking 50 to 60 bucks a tonne escpecially craft boutique brewers.

told me a lot of stuff I didn't know, Ales sort of darker beers up to 7.5% alc content here one of my favourites but those types need low protein barley wereas something like corona bright yellow they require a higher protein. Asian brewers actually specify higher protein barley outside current malt specs.

back to original question I for one may be increasing barley acres here in oz next year