“The quality has been fabulous, and yields have been very good,” he said.īriess also contracts with farmers in southern Montana, who were really late seeding this spring due to the weather, Redd said. “Barley plants got really tall, and it’s a heavy, high-yielding crop, so a lot of it’s lodging more than normal … That’s a little bit frustrating,” Redd said.īut it hasn’t affected the quality of the crop. The cool, wet spring also led to a little more lodging - when the plant falls over a bit. “We need Mother Nature to straighten up and let us get ‘er done,” Redd said. Just as the weather slowed springtime operations, several rainstorms hampered harvest efforts in recent days. That’s mostly due to the cool, wet spring that delayed planting about a week to 10 days in the Powell area. “The main push of the harvest will probably be a week later than normal,” Redd said. There wasn’t much activity in late July and the first few days of August. The first truckload of barley arrived at the Briess elevator in Ralston on July 23, a little later than normal, Redd said. “What’s coming in so far, the quality is beautiful,” said Rick Redd, regional manager for Briess Malt & Ingredients. Though slowed a bit by Mother Nature’s antics, the barley harvest is underway around the Powell Valley.
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