Portfolio for Progress

Date posted: April 25, 2003

2003 Barley Breeding Report:

• Barley breeding in the big picture
• Spotlight on trends and issues
• Malt, feed, food and forage

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Introduction

• Building a portfolio for Canada’s barley progress

• The breeding network
  Greater interest and activity. Strong public role backed by farmers.
• The growing role of farmers
  Farmers invest in their future.
• Spotlight on trends and issues
  What’s shaping the big picture agenda?

• AC Metcalfe heralds breakthrough of new generation malts
• Tortillas blaze new trail for barley in human food
• Fusarium boot camp identifies promising low-DON lines
• Winning the disease battle
• Cutting pollution from hog manure
• New generation forage barley takes off
• Biotech boosts barley breeding

• Malting and brewing
• Livestock feed and forage
• Food and Industrial

• How Western Canada develops barley varieties.
  A short course on today’s barley breeding and registration process. .

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Sponsored by Western Grains Research Foundation, in the interest of informed producer investors in barley breeding research. Visit the Foundation Web site, www.westerngrains.com, throughout the year for extensive, updated information on wheat and barley breeding progress.

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