Barley in Livestock


Considerable research has been conducted on the benefits and management considerations in feeding barley to beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry.  The North Dakota Barley Council has supported projects to increase the utilization of barley in livestock.

The North Dakota Barley Council has supported development of a number of publications that provide information on the nutritional and feed value of barley in comparison with other feed grains, and to provide recommendations for including barley in livestock rations.

Publications targeted to feeding barley to beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry are available on this web site.  Please refer to the publications section of this site to obtain these very useful barley feeding guides.

 

 

2013 ND Beef Report

2012 ND Beef Report