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September 11, 2020

The 2020 growing season in Western Canada saw adequate moisture in many regions of the Prairies.  Coupled with cooperative harvest conditions in southern Alberta, as well as much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, yields and quality results are generally looking above average for western Canadian malting barley this year.  However, areas in north and north-central Alberta as well as north-western Saskatchewan experienced a cool growing season and received too much precipitation which is negatively impacting yields, quality and the ability to harvest the crop.  Overall, the Prairies are poised to have a large and good quality malting barley crop in 2020 which will mean ample supply for the domestic Canadian malting industry and a strong barley export program.

Quality Highlights

  • Early harvested barley is showing very good quality.
  • High test weights, generally 65 kg/hl or higher
  • Plump kernels on average above 90%
  • Very good germination energy, on average 97-100%
  • Limited pre-harvest sprouting, although later samples are likely to see some chitting.
  • Low incidence of fusarium/DON
  • There has been a relatively wide range proteins with the majority of the samples in the 11-13.5% range. 

Official harvest progress by province

  • As of September 7, Manitoba barley harvest is estimated at 82% complete (source MB Ag).
  • As of Sep 7, Saskatchewan barley harvest is estimated at 58% complete (source SK Ag)
  • As of Sep 8, Alberta barley harvest is estimated at 31.5% complete (source AB Ag).

 

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October 19, 2020

2020 Malting Barley Harvest Quality Update

The barley harvest has all but wrapped up, and this year’s malt barley crop in western Canada will rate as one of the better quality crops in the last ten years with excellent plump kernels, high test weight and protein levels in the 11-13.5% range with a low incidence of DON and limited issues with pre-harvest sprouting. Southern Alberta produced their first large quality barley crop after three years of drought. Saskatchewan had a high quality crop this year with most regions producing above average yields. There were several exceptions, including northern growing areas of Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan that saw cool and wet weather for much of the growing season, reducing yields and all but wiping out any chance for malting barley selection. On the other extreme, some parts of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta were much too dry resulting in thin, high protein kernels.

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October 12, 2020

Official harvest progress by Province:

– As of October 13, Alberta barley harvest is estimated at 97.8% complete (source AB Ag).

– As of October 12, Saskatchewan barley harvest is estimated at 100% complete (source SK Ag).

– As of October 13, Manitoba barley harvest is estimated at 99% complete (source MB Ag).

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October 2, 2020

Official harvest progress by Province:

As of Sep 29, Alberta barley harvest is estimated at 82% complete (source AB Ag).
South – 97.2%
Central – 81.7%
North East – 80.0%
North West – 63.0%
Peace – 44.3%

As of Sep 28, Saskatchewan barley harvest is estimated at 98% complete (source SK Ag).

As of September 29, Manitoba barley harvest is estimated at 97% complete (source MB Ag).

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