WELCOME TO THE NORTH DAKOTA BARLEY COUNCIL

Left to Right, Back: Steven Edwardson, Executive Administrator; Charles Ottem, Director (District I); Doyle Lentz, Chairman (District IV)
Front: Greg Kessel, Vice Chairman (District V); James McCullough, Director (District III); Mark Seastrand, Director (District II)
District II County and District Elections
The North Dakota Barley Council and NDSU Extension Service would like to congratulate and thank the following representing the North Dakota Barley Council:
Newly Elected:
Scott Saxberg of Cooperstown (Griggs County Representative)
Mike Zimmerman of Garrison (McLean County Representative)
Re-elected:
Greg Abentroth of Cummings (Hillsboro County Representative)
Steve Hausauer of Kief (McClusky County Representative)
William Ongstad of Harvey (Wells County Representative)
James Ostlie of Northwood (Steele County Representative)
Mark Seastrand of Sheyenne (Eddy County Representative & Councilman)
Ronn Stangeland of Glenfield (Foster County Representative)
Charles Stein of Lakota (Nelson County Representative)
The North Dakota Barley Council would like to thank Patrick Larson of Hannaford (Griggs County) and Richard Britton of Turtle Lake (Garrison County) for their participation as county representatives and their continued support and promotion in barley!!!!
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Acres Planted: 1,140,000 acres (up from 400,000 acres in 2011).
Acres Harvested: Estimated 1,060,000 acres (up from 350,000 acres harvested in 2011).
Production: Yield estimated at 63 bu/ac, up from 47 bu/acre in 2011. Production is estimated at 66,780,000 bushels, which is an increase from the 16,450,000 bushels produced in ND in 2011 and the 43,550,000 bushels produced in ND in 2010.
Barley Acre Report ~ AMBA 2011
Barley Acre Report ~ AMBA 2012
In the News......
Value of North Dakota Crops Nearly Doubles in 2012 By Dave Olson | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead| 04 March 2013
28% of the nation's barley is produced in North Dakota.
https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=1&article_id=392103&CFID=437897517&CFTOKEN=68880980
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Beer Map: Two Giant Brewers, 210 Brands By Caitlin Kenney | NPR.com | 19 February 2013
The two biggest beer companies on the planet - Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller - now own more than 200 beer brands based in 42 countries (18 in the U.S. alone).
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/02/19/172323211/beer-map-two-giant-brewers-210-brands
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Discovering Barley's Hidden Charms By Rina Rapuano | NPR.com | 16 January 2013
Barley has a lot more going for it than being malted for beer or being dumped in a soup.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/16/169417227/discovering-barleys-hidden-charms
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Barley bread has great potential but there are formulation challenges, say researchers By Nathan Gray | NUTRAingredients.com | 11 December 2012
Barley has great potential to leach the charge in a new era or functional bread products, but more needs to be done in understanding the key formulation challenges, warn researchers.
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Cargill’s Barliv™ barley betafiber proves helpful for individuals at risk for Type 2 diabetes Minneapolis | www.cargill.com| 7 September 2011
Dietitians who see clients with pre-diabetes (who are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes) can learn mroe about how Barliv™ barley betafiber can help address this issue.
http://www.cargillfoods.com/emea/en/news/2011/NA3049054.jsp
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At the U.S. Grains Council’s 51st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting, the Council delegate body elected its 2011/2012 leadership to serve on the Council’s Board of Directors.

Fargo, N.D., USA -- Mark Weber has been named the new Director of Northern Crops Institute after a national search. He will assume his new duties on September 19, 2011.
USDA, NASS, ND Field Office Barley (PDF) March 2011
ND Crop, Livestock, & Weather Report (PDF) August 8, 2011
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North Dakota 2012 Barley Harvest Tour
As barley harvest progressed from 2 to 14 percent complete, the Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences, the North Dakota Barley Council and the North Dakota Grain Growers Association led a barley harvest tour in central North Dakota on July 16-18.
The tour started in Fargo at the Northern Crops Institute with overviews of barley breeding, agronomy and production trends in North Dakota. Tours of NDSU research facilities, plots and greenhouse, a large malting facility and a grain elevator complex were included in the trip. Field stops with 4 North Dakota growers showcased barley production and harvest operations including crop scouting, combining, transporting and storage. Close to 30 grain buyers, maltsters, brewers and researchers attended the Barley Harvest Tour.
The tour was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Fargo Beer Company, Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences, North Dakota Barley Council, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences and the Northern Crops Institute.

Above information provided by the Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences. For more information and pictures, please go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ibms/index.html
Press Release: http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ibms/documents/BarleyHarvestTour.pdf
North Dakota 2012 Barley Varieties http://www.ambainc.org/media/AMBA_PDFs/Pubs/Variety_Surveys/2012/ND_2012.pdf
Midwest 2012 Barley Varieties http://www.ambainc.org/media/AMBA_PDFs/Pubs/Variety_Surveys/2012/2012_Varieties.pdf
Congratulations to the following winners of the 68th Annual North Central Seed Show and Ag Expo for their barley seed samples:
1st Place Myles O’Keefe (Lansford); $50
2nd Place Travis Becker (Mohall); $30
3rd Place Witteman Farms (Mohall); $20
There are 3 divisions of seed samples. They include bin-run, certified seed, and youth hand-picked.
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all that participated!
The North Dakota Barley Council sponsored the top three Barley winners in the bin-run division.
Acres Planted: 460,000 acres (down from 550,000 acres estimated in June 2011, and down from 720,000 acres planted in 2010).
Acres Harvested: Estimated at 420,000 acres (down from 670,000 acres harvested in 2010).
Production: Yield estimated at 59 bu/ac, down from 65 bu/acre in 2011. Production is estimated at 24,780,000 bushels, down 44% from the 43,550,000 bushels produced in ND in 2010.
EVENTS CALENDAR
January 23 – 25: KMOT Ag Expo, Minot, ND.
January 30: Best of the Best in Wheat and Barley, Carrington, ND.
January 31: Best of the Best in Wheat and Barley, Bismarck, ND.
February 9 – 13: U. S. Grains Council International Marketing Conference and Membership Meeting, Charleston, SC.
February 18: President’s Day (NDBC office closed).
February 25: ND Barley Council Board Meeting, Fargo, ND (tentative).
February 28 – March 2: Commodity Classic, Kissimmee, FL.
March 3 – 6: National Barley Growers Association Winter Meeting, Alexandria, VA.
March 10 – 13: National Barley Improvement Committee Washington DC trip.
March 17 – 23: World Barley, Malt, and Beer Conference, Madrid, Spain.
--Doyle Lentz, speaker.
March 17 – 23: ND “Better for You Foods” Exposition, China.
March 22: ND State Barley Show, Osnabrock, ND
March 25-29: 2013 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America, Washington, DC.
April 13-19: American Craft Beer Week, nationwide
July 12 – 16: Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) National Convention, Chicago, IL.
July 29 – 31: U. S. Grains Council Summer Meeting, Ottawa, Canada.
September 8 – 11: 16th Australian Barley Technical Symposium, Melbourne, Australia.
October 5 – 9: ANUGA Food Ingredients Expo, Cologne, Germany.
December 9-10: ND Wheat Commission Annual County Rep Meeting, Bismarck, ND.
December 11-12: ND Barley Council County Rep Meeting/Prairie Grains Conference, Grand Forks, ND.