Farm Family Inspects Barley Field
Farm family inspects a barley field for possible disease or insect damage. Farmers must check their crops for moulds, fungi, or pests throughout the growing season in order to properly time corrective measures. Check out this article: Why Do Farmers Apply Fungicide?https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/why-do-farmers-apply-fungicide/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Inspecting Barley for Fungal Disease
Inspecting barley for fungal diseases that occur in the head of the plant. Check out this article: Why Do Farmers Apply Fungicide?https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/why-do-farmers-apply-fungicide/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Inspecting Barley for Signs of Disease
Inspecting barley stems for leaf spots, and other signs of disease, that can result in yield loss or quality contamination. Check out this article: Why Do Farmers Apply Fungicide?https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/why-do-farmers-apply-fungicide/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Green Barley Field with Blue Sky
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Green Barley Close Up with Blue Sky
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley Field Under a Prairie Sky
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Green Barley Field with Blue Sky and Farm
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Mature barley that has been desiccated and is ready for harvest. Desiccated barley can be harvested with a combine that has a Straight Cut head attachment which uses little blades to cut the shafts of the plant while feeding it into the machine. However, instead of desiccating, barley can be swathed into rows and allowed to dry down. These swaths are fed into the combine with a Pick-up head attachment. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
When harvesting barley, the dust is finer than wheat dust and lodges in the pores on your skin, making you itch like crazy! Check out this article: What is a Combine and How Does it Work? https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/what-is-a-combine-and-how-does-it-work/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Unloading Barley From a Grain Truck
Unloading barley from a grain truck into an auger and up into a bin. Barley is the second most widely grown cereal crop in Canada after wheat. Barley fibre helps lower your cholesterol, which is a risk factor in heart disease. #foodfact Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Farmer Takes a Sample of Barley
A farmer takes a sample of barley as it drops from a grain truck into an auger and up into a bin. Barley is the second most widely grown cereal crop in Canada after wheat. Barley fiber helps lower your cholesterol, which is a risk factor in heart disease. #foodfact Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Farmer Holds a Sample of Barley.
Barley is the second most widely grown cereal crop in Canada after wheat. Barley fibre helps lower your cholesterol, which is a risk factor in heart disease. #foodfact Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley is the second most widely grown cereal crop in Canada after wheat. Barley fibre helps lower your cholesterol, which is a risk factor in heart disease. #foodfact Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley's primary use is animal feed, more than 60% of the world production goes into the feed market. Secondly, Barley has been used for thousands of years in the production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer and whiskey. Only a small portion of Saskatchewan's production goes into the food market. Barley is the second most widely grown cereal crop in Canada after wheat. Barley fibre helps lower your cholesterol, which is a risk factor in heart disease. #foodfact Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
The B vitamins in barley - thiamin, riboflavin and niacin - help make red blood cells and use energy from food. #foodfact. Check out this article All About Barley for more information: https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Photo credit: Agriculture In the Classroom SK
Photo credit: Agriculture In the Classroom SK