Winter Barley

Winter barley is best used as a cereal and grain fodder culture, since its grain contains only 10-11% of protein, so it is grown for the raw materials of the brewing industry. The sowing of winter barley takes place in the autumn and therefore the harvesting takes place very early. In this case, you can emphasize their benefits:

• This makes it possible to use labor and equipment more evenly.
• After harvesting, it is possible to sow stubble crops such as corn, millet, annual grasses, and other winter crops.

Winter barley should be cultivated where the winter is warmer. Since winter barley has a low winter hardiness. He is mainly involved in the North Caucasus. In Russia, the sown area is only 0.46 million hectares. In comparison with spring barley, winter barley yields higher yields. This is due to the fact that he manages to make good use of the spring moisture of the soil, and manages to mature before the beginning of dry southeasterly winds. The average yield of barley is 2.5 t / ha.

Requirements for the environment

Next, I would like to tell you more about the requirements for the external environment. So, as I have already said, winter barley is less wintery in comparison with winter wheat and winter rye. For him, temperatures already below -12 degrees are dangerous. But again, in comparison with them, immediately after the onset of spring warm days, it starts to grow. The growing season for winter barley is also shorter than in spring barley and winter wheat. And this gives an opportunity to start cleaning in early terms (around the end of May and early June). After its harvesting it will be possible to get a second crop - for example buckwheat. Winter barley makes a claim to the soil as well as winter wheat.

Some moments of rates and timing of sowing of winter barley.

Timing and rates of sowing for winter barley are set for each region, and even for individual regions, because It strongly depends on climatic and weather conditions, relief, soil and also many other factors. With early plantings in the fall, they will have time to harden strongly, develop a strong leaf-weed mass, but they are quickly and more severely affected by various diseases. But if you are late with sowing, then plants do not have time to accumulate the required amount of nutrients by winter, and die under severe winter conditions. The duration of the autumn vegetation period significantly influences the choice of the optimal period. The influence of the duration of autumn vegetation on productivity is up to 65%, the seeding rate is 8%, and the sowing time is up to 16%. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly control all stages of the development of winter barley. The number of seeds per 1 square meter is about 500 - 550 pieces.
Harvest.
This is the most touching moment for every farmer. After all, this period is waiting for several months or even a year. Well, for harvesting winter barley will go and single-phase and two-phase cleaning. For direct combining, you can proceed with a grain moisture of about 16 - 18%. A separate cleaning is carried out at a moisture content of 20-35%. If you are late with harvesting, then the spike wilts and becomes brittle, while using only a single-phase method of harvesting.