Breadcrumb Home News Breeding program | It all begins in Irwell, New-Zealand Breeding program | It all begins in Irwell, New-Zealand 11 January 2021 Country Australia Canada New Zealand United States It all begins in Irwell. Double haploids, made from new crossing combinations, are propagated in the glass house, harvested and planted in the field. This season more than 12,000 new Double Haploids have made it to field. The first field selection is done in New Zealand; however selection criteria are determined by the target area for the new variety. There are trial programs in four target centers, the main focus is on: North America (Montana, North Dakota and three sites in Canada), Australia (South Australia and Victoria) & New Zealand, where there are extensive trial programs. The European trial program is on a smaller scale. During the growing season, notes & scores are made on the new Double haploids. They are monitored for diseases, yield potential, straw strength (lodging) and earliness. The growing season in Australia is usually short and often ends with hot & dry conditions; an early maturing variety is therefore best suited. In North America we are targeting new varieties for drier, unirrigated growing areas; breeding lines selected for these conditions need to be early and have good straw strength. Around 30% of these first-generation breeding lines will be selected for harvest. They are harvested by hand, threshed and a second selection is made on grain plumpness. It is now time for the selected breeding lines to be sent to their target center and further testing and selection will be done there. Image However there is one more, & very important, selection criteria to be applied: malting quality! While the new breeding line is going through its first growing season in the target area, remaining seed is micro malted in Irwell and the more than 2,000 samples are analyzed in the laboratory in Marton. Selection for the following year is therefore done using both agronomic and malting quality results. As a successful breeding line progressed through the trial program the number of trial sites and replications increases. This ensures that it is exposed to different growing conditions; often growing seasons can be very different even at the same site – temperature, diseases, rain, soil conditions etc. From year two malting quality testing is done in the target area. Its takes 5 to 8 years to create and develop a new variety Image More news Previous Image Mexico: the construction of our malting plant in Meoqui continues 01 December 2021 After a year of pandemic, which hampered our project to establish ourselves in Mexico, the second phase of the construction of [...] Image KIWI, A PROMISING NEW MALTING VARIETY FROM OUR BREEDING PROGRAM 08 July 2021 Recently, MAYFLOWER, a Malteurop malting barley was approved by the AMBA (American Malting Barley Association). Today, KIWI [...] Next A few words about Malteurop At Malteurop, we do more than malt; we support brewers in making the best beers, distillers the best spirits and food companies the best products. We connect farmers, who dedicate their lives to Nature, with life lovers, who share authentic moments around natural drinks & food. We are farmer-maltsters since 1961 as part of VIVESCIA. We belong to cooperatives and their farmers; we exist because they exist. Caring for the grain is a culture, and for us, the right way to make the best malts, today and for the future generations. Keep in touch Get in touch with us, we’d be happy to answer your request. Contact Us Footer menu Sitemap Contact Legal Notice Protection of personal data We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience By pursuing your navigation on this site, you install cookies on your post, in accordance with our policy of protection of your private life. OK, I agree No, thanks