Growers ‘baffled’ by poor performance of winter barley

Baffled grain farmers want Teagasc to investigate why winter barley yields have been so disappointing.

Large-scale Co Cork-based grower Jim O’Regan said winter barley yields in Co cork have varied widely, from as high as four tonnes per acre to 2.75t, and bushel weights also disappointed, especially in six-row varieties.

Winter barley bushel weights in Co Cork were typically from the high 50s to the mid-60s, with a lot of them near 60.