Role of planting date and seeding rate in optimizing winter survival, yield, and quality of malting barley
- Research Date
- 2022
- Authors
- Maninder Singh
- Priorities
- Best Practices
- Crop Categories
- Barley
Although winter malting barley is of interest to Michigan farmers and maltsters, there are gaps in knowledge on agronomic management. The goal of this project was to evaluate the role of planting date and seeding rate in optimizing winter barley production. Variety Teepee was planted on five different dates (mid-Sept. to mid-Nov.) at five different seeding rates (0.8 to 2.4 m seeds/ac) in Mason, MI. Results showed that early planting (end Sept to early Oct) is critical in maximizing winter barley yield and malt quality. Relatively higher seeding rates (≥ 1.6 m/a) were required but did not change with delay in planting.