Idaho Spring Barley Production Guide

Barley is one of Idaho’s most important crops. Although its harvested acreage has decreased in the past twenty years, the state is still the nation’s top barley producer. Published in 2003, this four-color, 60-page guide compiles helpful and usable research information from 17 experts on a wide variety of management practices to help Idaho barley farmers continue to lead the nation in quality barley production. With chapters on lodging, irrigation, nutrient, weed, pest, disease, crop residue management and so much more (including budgeting production costs), growers of the popular grain will come away with a stronger understanding of all the basic information to keep Idaho the lead dog.