Winter Barley

Get the latest Winter Barley news, research and developments covering varieties, cultivation, yields, disease management, breeding, crop protection and market trends. Coverage includes developments affecting winter-sown barley for feed, malting and other agricultural uses across major producing regions.

Key areas include variety selection, sowing practices, plant nutrition, lodging, winter hardiness, yield potential and grain quality. Disease management is also important, with research and breeding focused on barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), barley yellow mosaic virus, barley mild mosaic virus, rhynchosporium, net blotch, brown rust and other threats. Current variety programmes increasingly consider disease resistance and agronomic performance alongside yield.

Find updates on new varieties, breeding programmes, field trials, crop protection technologies, weather and drought impacts, malting barley quality and cereal production economics. The latest AHDB 2026/27 data includes recommended winter barley varieties and trial results, with performance assessed across yield, grain quality and agronomic characteristics.