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Quality Factor in Malting Barley 2005 (PDF)
16/12/2005
Winning Malting Barley Growers Announced for 2004 Barley Quality Competition
21/01/2005
For the second year in a row, Saskatchewan producers Ron and Glenda St. John of Kindersley have been recognized for their award-winning malting barley during the 2004 Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC). Read More
Malting Barley Quality Competition Deadline is December 15, 2004
22/11/2004
Due to the continuing challenges that both farmers and malting barley selectors are facing this year, the Barley Development Council is again extending the deadline for samples to be received for the 2004 Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC). Read More
Malting industry urges caution when drying malting barley
16/09/2004
Farmers should carefully consider the risk of quality damage before pursuing on-farm drying of malting barley, says the Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute, an organization representing malting and brewing companies. Read More
19th BMBRI Triennial Barley Improvement Meeting
15/09/2004
The 19th BMBRI Triennial Barley Improvement Meeting is scheduled to be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Tuesday, October 19, Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 21, 2004. Read More
2003 MBQC Winners Learn About Malting Barley Industry
05/04/2004
The provincial winners of the Barley Development Council’s 2003 Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC) saw firsthand how the malting barley they grow is processed domestically and shipped to overseas customers, when they visited facilities near Saskatoon and in Vancouver from March 23 to 25, 2004. Read More
Grand champion and provincial winners named in 2003 Malting Barley Quality Competition
24/11/2003
James and Eileen Stanger of Drumheller, Alberta are the grand champion and two-row winners for Alberta/B.C. in this year’s Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC) held by the Barley Development Council (BDC). The provincial two-row winners for Saskatchewan are Ron and Glenda St. John from Kindersley with Ed and Jane Fielder from Spalding selected as the six-row winners for Saskatchewan. The provincial two-row winners for Manitoba are Tom and Laureen Fingas from Inglis and the Manitoba six-row winner is Sean Katchin from Angusville. No six-row winner was named for Alberta/B.C. Read More
2003 Malting barley quality competition district winners chosen
11/11/2003
Fourteen district winners for two-row malting barley and six-row malting barley have been chosen in the Barley Development Council’s 2003 Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC). Read More
Farmers Urged to Send in Malting Barley Samples
22/09/2003
Farmers are reminded that the deadline of October 31, 2003 is nearing for entering the Barley Development Council’s 2003 Malting Barley Quality Competition. Farmers are eligible to enter the competition if they grow two-row or six-row malting barley varieties from the Canadian Malting and Brewing Technical Centre’s 2003-04 Recommended List and their malting barley is selected by October 10, 2003. Read More
Malting barley quality competition enters eighth year
29/07/2003
The Barley Development Council is pleased to hold the eighth annual Malting Barley Quality Competition (MBQC) to recognize western Canadian farmers who grow top quality two-row and six-row malting barley. Read More
