where is malt barley grown
According to Dr. Aaron Beattie, assistant professor and barley and oat breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, two row malting barley acres account for roughly 50 per cent of the total barley acres grown in Western Canada.ADVERTISEMENT.AC Metcalfe is the most commonly grown malting barley variety, having about 50 to 60 per cent of the two row malting barley acres. The second most popular, CDC Copeland, has about 20 to 25 per cent of the acres, and a few other varieties occupy the remaining five to eight per cent.ccording to Dr. Aaron Beattie, assistant professor and barley and oat breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, two row malting barley acres account for roughly 50 per cent of the total barley acres grown in Western Canada. ADVERTISEMENT.