Rapid crop growth and varied rainfall leave Scottish growers facing both promise and pressure as barley leads the charge across regions.

While barley is relatively drought-tolerant once established, it’s important to water regularly during the early stages of growth. Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.

Gain knowledge of how to grow barley for beer, including harvesting, threshing, and how to malt barley. Barley is a cereal grain, in the same botanical family (Poaceae) as wheat, maize ...

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has been confirmed at later stages of growth in a number of spring barley crops.

“It’s not enough to know if we can grow barley without fossil fuels ... which gives us a very controlled way to test grains at all stages of whisky production. “Although it’s laboratory ...