As both an aspiring writer and budding game designer, Nick spends most of his spare time picking through games that players adore and figuring out what makes them tick. Barley is key to many of the ...

Mark Seastrand has been around barley since he was a kid on the family farm. Now, the Sheyenne, N.D., farmer, who though the years has seen ups and downs for the crop, is relatively optimistic about ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It's been said many times that the customer is always right. And since beer makers increasingly want malting barley from two-row varieties, barley breeders are working to develop ...

American whiskey has long been about corn. After all, it’s the star ingredient in bourbon, the country’s beloved spirit. Yet the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which is responsible ...

DAZEY, N.D. — Eric Broten stands in a field of ripening two-row barley. From the road, the crop appears to be almost ready for harvest. But close up, a major concern becomes obvious: mixed in with the ...

Barley is one of the oldest cultivated cereal grains and plays a vital role in global agriculture. It is widely used for animal feed, malt production for beverages and as nutritious food grain.