Barley Graphic       2001 North Dakota Barley Varieties

July 18, 2001

Highlights

Robust remained the number one planted barley variety in North Dakota for 2001. It accounted for 80.3 percent of the 1.6 million acres planted, up from 79.1 percent in 2000. This year was the 16th out of 17 years that Robust was the leading variety. Conlon claimed second place this year by surpassing Stander, which dropped to fourth. Excel jumped from seventh last year to third in 2001. These four barley varieties accounted for 90.1 percent of the planted acres and were recommended by the American Malting Barley Association (AMBA) for malting and brewing in 2001.

Stark and Bowman, were the top feed varieties, and ranked fifth and sixth overall, each comprising 1.8 percent of all barley acres.

North Dakota continued to rank first in barley planted acreage in the United States, with 31.4 percent of the nation's total. Planted acres in North Dakota were 1.6 million in 2001, down from 1.9 million in 2000. In 2001, there were nearly 5.1 million planted acres in the United States compared to 5.8 million in 2000.

Survey Description

The data in this report is based on results of a June Survey conducted by USDA's North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service of over 600 barley producers. Thank you to each person who supplied data and made this report possible. Results include acreage and percentages at the State and Agricultural Statistics District levels. All variety data and planted district acreage in this publication are survey averages, not official estimates. The number of summarized reports produce highly reliable state averages. The AMBA and the North Dakota Barley Council provided supporting funds for the survey. The North Dakota State University Extension Service provided variety descriptions.

Malting Varieties

Robust continued to be the most popular barley variety in 2001 by a substantial margin over all other varieties in North Dakota. It accounted for 80.3 percent of the total barley acres planted. Robust was the leading variety in all districts, except the southwest district. This six-row barley is characterized by its medium height, medium- strong straw strength, and medium relative maturity.

Conlon ranked second in 2001, up from third last year. It represented 5.7 percent of the total barley acres planted. It was the leading barley variety planted in the southwest district. It is a two-row barley of medium-short height, has medium straw strength and early relative maturity.

Excel moved up to third place among malting barley, up from seventh in 2000. It represented 2.1 percent of the total barley acres planted in North Dakota. Excel, a six- row barley, is characterized by medium-short height, strong straw strength, and medium maturity.

Feed Varieties

Stark moved up in ranking to the most popular feed barley variety and was ranked fifth among all varieties with 1.8 percent of the total acres planted, the same as last year. Stark is a two-row barley variety that was a fairly popular variety in the southwest, south central, and west central districts. The medium-tall height variety has medium straw strength, and medium-late relative maturity.

Bowman was the second most popular feed variety in 2001, sixth overall. Just over 28,000 acres were planted this year, mostly in the west central and south central districts. Bowman is a two-row barley variety that is described as having medium-short height, medium straw strength and early relative maturity.

Barley Leading Varieties Planted Graph
Barley Varieties Percent of Total Planted Graph
BARLEY
Percent of Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 1997-2001
Variety 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Pct. Acres
Planted
- - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - (000)
Robust 41 .0 56 .0 68 .6 79 .1 80 .3 1,284 .4
Conlon 0 .3 1 .6 3 .1 2 .5 5 .7 91 .8
Excel 3 .9 3 .1 0 .6 1 .5 2 .1 33 .4
Stander 35 .5 17 .1 6 .9 4 .1 2 .0 31 .5
Stark 3 .8 2 .8 2 .3 1 .8 1 .8 29 .4
Bowman 3 .4 2 .6 2 .5 1 .4 1 .8 28 .4
Haybet 0 .1 0 .0 1 .4 0 .7 1 .7 26 .5
Morex 1 .0 1 .7 1 .8 2 .2 1 .4 22 .9
Drummond 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .9 14 .1
Lacey 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .8 12 .4
Logan 0 .5 0 .8 1 .1 1 .3 0 .6 9 .8
Other 10 .5 14 .3 11 .7 5 .4 0 .9 15 .4
All Varieties 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 1,600 .0

BARLEY
Percent and Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 2001
Variety Northwest North
Central 		Northeast West
Central 		Central East
Central 		Southwest South
Central 		Southeast State
- - - - - - - - - - Percent Planted - - - - - - - - - -
Robust 79 .7 85 .3 94 .7 65 .4 85 .9 92 .0 20 .4 72 .5 91 .6 80 .3
Conlon 9 .1 6 .1 0 .0 7 .0 2 .0 0 .7 29 .0 7 .2 0 .0 5 .7
Excel 2 .4 3 .8 0 .5 3 .4 2 .3 0 .0 4 .8 0 .0 0 .0 2 .1
Stander 5 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 .2 1 .3 4 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 2 .0
Stark 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 3 .7 1 .7 0 .0 15 .0 5 .5 0 .0 1 .8
Bowman 0 .6 0 .0 0 .1 8 .5 0 .5 0 .0 3 .1 7 .1 0 .6 1 .8
Haybet 2 .5 0 .0 0 .0 4 .7 0 .0 0 .0 10 .9 1 .6 0 .8 1 .7
Morex 0 .0 2 .2 1 .7 0 .5 3 .9 0 .4 0 .0 1 .3 1 .0 1 .4
Drummond 0 .2 0 .4 0 .6 2 .9 0 .4 1 .2 0 .0 2 .0 1 .5 0 .9
Lacey 0 .1 0 .0 2 .3 0 .0 1 .3 1 .1 0 .0 0 .0 2 .4 0 .8
Logan 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .6 0 .0 0 .0 9 .8 0 .0 0 .0 0 .6
Other 0 .5 0 .1 0 .0 0 .1 0 .8 0 .7 7 .0 2 .8 2 .1 0 .9
- - - - - - - - - - Thousand Acres - - - - - - - - - -
Robust 199 .3 256 .0 255 .8 111 .1 180 .3 110 .4 18 .4 79 .8 73 .3 1,284 .4
Conlon 22 .7 18 .3 0 .0 11 .9 4 .1 0 .8 26 .1 7 .9 0 .0 91 .8
Excel 5 .9 11 .3 1 .3 5 .8 4 .8 0 .0 4 .3 0 .0 0 .0 33 .4
Stander 12 .4 6 .1 0 .0 5 .4 2 .8 4 .8 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 31 .5
Stark 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 6 .3 3 .6 0 .0 13 .5 6 .0 0 .0 29 .4
Bowman 1 .4 0 .0 0 .3 14 .5 1 .1 0 .0 2 .8 7 .8 0 .5 28 .4
Haybet 6 .2 0 .0 0 .1 8 .0 0 .0 0 .0 9 .8 1 .8 0 .6 26 .5
Morex 0 .0 6 .7 4 .5 0 .8 8 .2 0 .5 0 .0 1 .4 0 .8 22 .9
Drummond 0 .6 1 .2 1 .7 5 .0 0 .8 1 .4 0 .0 2 .2 1 .2 14 .1
Lacey 0 .2 0 .0 6 .3 0 .0 2 .7 1 .3 0 .0 0 .0 1 .9 12 .4
Logan 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 1 .0 0 .0 0 .0 8 .8 0 .0 0 .0 9 .8
Other 1 .3 0 .4 0 .0 0 .2 1 .6 0 .8 6 .3 3 .1 1 .7 15 .4
All Varieties 250 .0 300 .0 270 .0 170 .0 210 .0 120 .0 90 .0 110 .0 80 .0 1,600 .0

~ Compiled and Published by ~
N.D. Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
* P.O. Box 3166, Fargo, ND 58108-3166 * 701-239-5306
 
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