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Barley Varieties

July 17, 2001

ROBUST MAINTAINS TOP BARLEY VARIETY

Robust was the leading barley variety planted in North Dakota during 2001, according to the North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. This was the sixteenth out of seventeen years that Robust was the leading variety. Conlon claimed second place by surpassing Stander, which dropped to fourth. Excel jumped from seventh last year to third in 2001. These four barley varieties accounted for 90.1 percent of the planted acres and are recommended by the American Malting Barley Association (AMBA) for malting and brewing in 2001. Stark and Bowman were the top feed varieties, ranking fifth and sixth overall.

North Dakota continued to rank first in barley planted acreage in the United States, with 31.4 percent of the nation's total. Planted acres in North Dakota were 1.6 million in 2001, down from 1.9 million in 2000.

This data was based on the results of a June survey of over 600 barley producers conducted by the USDA's North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. The AMBA and the North Dakota Barley Council provided supporting funds for the survey.

Robust remained the most popular barley variety in North Dakota. It comprised 80.3 percent of the 1.6 million barley acres planted, up from 79.1 percent in 2000.

Conlon ranked second in 2001, up from third last year. It represented 5.7 percent of the total barley acres planted.

Excel moved up to third place among malting barley, up from seventh in 2000. It represented 2.1 percent of all barley acres.

Stark moved up in ranking to the most popular feed barley variety and was ranked fifth among all varieties with 1.8 percent of the total acres planted.

Bowman was the second most popular feed variety in 2001, sixth overall. Just over 28,000 acres were planted this year, mostly in the west central and south central districts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service
NDSU, IACC Bldg., Room 448
P.O. Box 3166
Fargo, ND 58108-3166
Telephone: (701) 239-5306
E-Mail: nass-nd@nass.usda.gov

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