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March 1, 2026

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Alberta Maltster Raises Concerns Over Barley Research Shift

Craig Lester October 5, 2025

Alberta researchers shift from premium malt barley to feed varieties, raising concerns about the province's barley…

  • Business
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New Study Shows Agriculture Plays Major Role in Manitoba Economy

Craig Lester April 17, 2024

New data released this week by the Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) confirms agriculture is one of…

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Alberta Grown Barley Helps Tool Shed Brewing Change the Rules

Craig Lester February 4, 2024

From IT military work in Afghanistan to brewing beer with Alberta-grown barley, the entrepreneurial journey of…

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Mitigating Barley Lodging: Getting to the Root of the Problem

Craig Lester July 28, 2023

Ongoing research, Barley Lodging, Getting to the Root of the Problem, aims to help plant breeders…

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SaskBarley Launches New Podcast Series Celebrating Barley Variety Development

Craig Lester July 28, 2023

A new podcast series looking back at 50 years of barley breeding in Western Canada has…

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The Growing Point: Malting barley quality: quality and on-farm management impacts on the malting process

Kristen Lepp September 10, 2022

In this episode of The Growing Point podcast, we chat with Sherwin Santiano, a malting and…

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The Barley Bin: Barley markets now and into the future – with Chuck Penner

Kristen Lepp August 1, 2022

We chat with Chuck Penner from Left Field Commodity Research about the current barley market and…

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  • The Growing Point Podcast

The Growing Point – Malting barley varieties and markets: now and into the future

Kristen Lepp August 1, 2022

In this episode of The Growing Point podcast, we chat with Peter Watts, the managing director…

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  • The Barley Bin

The Barley Bin: Expanding Market Opportunities in Barley – with Peter Watts (CMBTC)

Kristen Lepp June 24, 2022

We chat with Peter Watts, Managing Director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) about…

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  • The Barley Bin

The Barley Bin: New Varieties Coming Your Way

Kristen Lepp May 11, 2022

The Barley Bin: New Varieties Coming Your Way – with Dr. Aaron Beattie In our inaugural…

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The Barley Bin: Episode 1 – Welcome to The Barley Bin!

Kristen Lepp April 19, 2022

Welcome to the Barley Bin, brought to you by SaskBarley. This introductory episode will showcase what…

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Grain marketing plans out the window

Craig Lester November 8, 2021

This year's drought is still causing havoc with farmers' grain marketing plans because some producers locked…

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Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions to hold sessions on proposed amalgamation for farmers

Craig Lester October 17, 2021

The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions are holding online consultation sessions on the proposed amalgamation. on…

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Farming Smarter: Timing of Barley Rolling

Guest Author August 19, 2021

Trevor Deering, Farming Smarter & George Lubberts, Complete Ag Services talk about a joint project to…

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The Growing Point Podcast: Plant Growth Regulators on Barley – Which option is preferred? (Dr. Sheri Strydhorst)

Craig Lester June 5, 2021

The Growing Point speaks with Dr. Sheri Strydhorst (Agronomy Research Specialist - Alberta Wheat and Barley…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots 6 – Feed Barley, Oats, Triticale and Soft Wheat – July 15

Guest Author September 3, 2019

Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles talks about their regional barley, oats, triticale and soft white…

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Lacombe Field Day to offer farmers insight into new varieties and research

Craig Lester July 17, 2019

A jam packed day of agronomy expertise will once again be on display at this year's…

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New barley survey powers strategies to harvest more feed value

Craig Lester June 24, 2018

New data and analysis from a survey of barley samples from across Alberta will help Canadian…

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Livestock producers urged to watch feed for high mycotoxin levels

Craig Lester January 16, 2017

Livestock producers are being asked to monitor their animals for poor feed intake as well as…

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  • Wheat

American Society of Agronomy honours retired Alberta crop research scientist

Craig Lester February 15, 2016

An Alberta based internationally renowned cereal breeder and research scientist has been honoured by the American…

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