Haybet, Stark, and Bowman were the top feed varieties,
and ranked fifth, eighth, and ninth overall, respectively.
Together, they comprised 3.4 percent of all barley acres in
North Dakota. Stander dropped to a tenth place ranking.
North Dakota continued to rank first in barley planted
acreage in the United States, with 38.5 percent of the
nation's total. Planted acres in North Dakota were 2.1
million in 2003, up from 1.6 million in 2002. In 2003, there
were 5.46 million planted acres in the United States
compared to 5.07 million in 2002.
Lacey remained solidly in second place in 2003. It was
planted on 15.5 percent of the total barley acres, a gain
over its 13.2 percent in 2002. It made a strong showing in
five eastern districts. Similar to
Robust, this six-row barley
is characterized by its medium height, strong straw
strength, and medium relative maturity.
Conlon maintained its third place position on the list in
2003. This ranking represents 11.8 percent of the total
barley acres planted. It was the leading barley variety
planted in the southwest district and made a strong
showing in two others. It is a two-row barley of medium-
short height, has medium straw strength and early relative
maturity.
Stark moved back to the second most popular feed barley
variety and ranked eighth overall. Just over 16,000 acres
were planted this year. Stark was most popular in the
southwest and south central districts. As a two-row
variety, Stark is described as having medium-tall height,
medium straw strength, and late relative maturity.
Bowman was the third most popular feed variety in 2003, ninth overall. Just over 12,000 acres were planted this year, mostly in the west central and south west districts. Bowman is a two-row barley variety that is described as having medium-short height, medium straw strength and early relative maturity.


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BARLEY 1/ Percent of Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 1999-2003 |
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| Variety | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Pct. |
Acres Planted |
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| - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - | 1,000 | |||||
| Robust* | 69 .0 | 81 .0 | 81 .2 | 59 .6 | 55 .3 | 1,162 .1 |
| Lacey* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 13 .2 | 15 .5 | 326 .2 |
| Conlon* | 2 .5 | 2 .4 | 5 .5 | 10 .6 | 11 .8 | 247 .6 |
| Legacy* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .1 | 2 .2 | 6 .5 | 136 .3 |
| Haybet | 1 .2 | 0 .6 | 1 .6 | 1 .9 | 2 .0 | 43 .0 |
| Excel* | 0 .7 | 1 .5 | 2 .1 | 1 .6 | 2 .0 | 42 .1 |
| Drummond* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .8 | 1 .9 | 1 .4 | 29 .5 |
| Stark | 2 .2 | 1 .5 | 1 .7 | 1 .2 | 0 .8 | 16 .0 |
| Bowman | 2 .3 | 1 .2 | 1 .6 | 1 .8 | 0 .6 | 12 .1 |
| Stander* | 7 .1 | 3 .7 | 2 .1 | 2 .8 | 0 .5 | 10 .8 |
| Logan | 1 .1 | 1 .3 | 0 .5 | 0 .4 | 0 .5 | 9 .5 |
| Morex* | 2 .0 | 2 .1 | 1 .5 | 0 .8 | 0 .3 | 6 .5 |
| Other 2/ | 11 .9 | 4 .7 | 0 .7 | 2 .0 | 2 .8 | 58 .3 |
| All Varieties | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 2,100 .0 |
| 1/ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 2/ Other includes other varieties not listed and unknown varieties. * Recommended for malting and brewing by the American Malting Barley Association, Inc. | ||||||
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BARLEY1/ Percent and Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 2003 |
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| Variety | Northwest |
North Central |
Northeast |
West Central |
Central |
East Central |
Southwest |
South Central |
Southeast | State |
| - - - - - - - - - - Percent Planted - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Robust | 49 .5 | 48 .3 | 62 .6 | 43 .9 | 71 .4 | 59 .5 | 8 .4 | 57 .8 | 75 .0 | 55 .3 |
| Lacey | 11 .4 | 23 .1 | 24 .0 | 3 .3 | 15 .0 | 20 .0 | 0 .0 | 9 .2 | 9 .8 | 15 .5 |
| Conlon | 22 .5 | 17 .2 | 3 .5 | 5 .4 | 2 .1 | 2 .2 | 42 .4 | 17 .1 | 5 .7 | 11 .8 |
| Legacy | 5 .4 | 5 .3 | 5 .2 | 19 .4 | 5 .0 | 14 .9 | 2 .4 | 0 .4 | 2 .2 | 6 .5 |
| Haybet | 1 .7 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 8 .3 | 0 .3 | 0 .1 | 21 .9 | 1 .2 | 0 .0 | 2 .0 |
| Excel | 3 .6 | 0 .7 | 1 .5 | 8 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .8 | 2 .1 | 2 .0 | 2 .0 |
| Drummond | 0 .5 | 1 .5 | 1 .7 | 0 .1 | 3 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .7 | 2 .3 | 1 .4 |
| Stark | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 8 .7 | 3 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .8 |
| Bowman | 0 .3 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 0 .3 | 0 .0 | 3 .8 | 3 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 |
| Stander | 2 .3 | 0 .2 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .1 | 0 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .5 | 0 .3 | 0 .5 |
| Logan | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 7 .3 | 1 .3 | 0 .0 | 0 .5 |
| Morex | 0 .0 | 0 .9 | 0 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .2 | 0 .7 | 0 .3 |
| Other 2/ | 2 .8 | 2 .8 | 1 .0 | 8 .2 | 2 .0 | 2 .6 | 3 .2 | 2 .8 | 1 .8 | 2 .8 |
| - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Robust | 163 .5 | 193 .2 | 225 .4 | 76 .8 | 214 .2 | 95 .2 | 7 .6 | 92 .4 | 93 .8 | 1,162 .1 |
| Lacey | 37 .6 | 92 .4 | 86 .5 | 5 .7 | 45 .0 | 32 .0 | 0 .0 | 14 .7 | 12 .3 | 326 .2 |
| Conlon | 74 .2 | 68 .8 | 12 .6 | 9 .5 | 6 .3 | 3 .5 | 38 .2 | 27 .4 | 7 .1 | 247 .6 |
| Legacy | 17 .8 | 21 .2 | 18 .7 | 34 .0 | 15 .0 | 23 .9 | 2 .2 | 0 .7 | 2 .8 | 136 .3 |
| Haybet | 5 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 14 .6 | 0 .9 | 0 .2 | 19 .7 | 2 .0 | 0 .0 | 43 .0 |
| Excel | 11 .8 | 2 .8 | 5 .4 | 14 .7 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .6 | 3 .3 | 2 .5 | 42 .1 |
| Drummond | 1 .7 | 6 .0 | 6 .2 | 0 .2 | 11 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .1 | 2 .9 | 29 .5 |
| Stark | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 3 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 7 .8 | 4 .8 | 0 .0 | 16 .0 |
| Bowman | 0 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .1 | 0 .9 | 0 .0 | 3 .4 | 5 .8 | 0 .0 | 12 .1 |
| Stander | 7 .5 | 0 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .3 | 1 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .8 | 0 .4 | 10 .8 |
| Logan | 0 .1 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .7 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 6 .6 | 2 .1 | 0 .0 | 9 .5 |
| Morex | 0 .0 | 3 .6 | 1 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .4 | 0 .9 | 6 .5 |
| Other 2/ | 9 .3 | 11 .2 | 3 .6 | 14 .3 | 6 .0 | 4 .2 | 2 .9 | 4 .5 | 2 .3 | 58 .3 |
| All Varieties | 330 .0 | 400 .0 | 360 .0 | 175 .0 | 300 .0 | 160 .0 | 90 .0 | 160 .0 | 125 .0 | 2,100 .0 |
| 1/ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 2/ Other includes other varieties not listed and unknown varieties. | ||||||||||

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BARLEY1/ Percent of Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 1998-2002 |
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| Variety | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Pct. |
Acres Planted |
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| - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - | 1,000 | |||||
| Robust* | 56 .1 | 69 .0 | 81 .0 | 81 .2 | 59 .6 | 953 .9 |
| Lacey* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 13 .2 | 211 .1 |
| Conlon* | 1 .4 | 2 .5 | 2 .4 | 5 .5 | 10 .6 | 169 .1 |
| Stander* | 17 .3 | 7 .1 | 3 .7 | 2 .1 | 2 .8 | 45 .0 |
| Legacy* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .1 | 2 .2 | 35 .1 |
| Haybet | 0 .0 | 1 .2 | 0 .6 | 1 .6 | 1 .9 | 30 .6 |
| Drummond* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .8 | 1 .9 | 30 .0 |
| Bowman | 2 .4 | 2 .3 | 1 .2 | 1 .6 | 1 .8 | 28 .0 |
| Excel* | 3 .1 | 0 .7 | 1 .5 | 2 .1 | 1 .6 | 25 .7 |
| Stark | 2 .7 | 2 .2 | 1 .5 | 1 .7 | 1 .2 | 19 .7 |
| Morex* | 1 .7 | 2 .0 | 2 .1 | 1 .5 | 0 .8 | 13 .2 |
| Harrington* | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 8 .8 |
| Other 2/ | 15 .3 | 13 .0 | 6 .0 | 1 .2 | 1 .9 | 29 .8 |
| All Varieties | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 100 .0 | 1,600 .0 |
| 1/ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 2/ Other includes other varieties not listed and unknown varieties. * Recommended for malting and brewing by the American Malting Barley Association, Inc. | ||||||
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BARLEY 1/ Percent and Acreage Planted, North Dakota, 2002 |
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| Variety | Northwest |
North Central |
Northeast |
West Central |
Central |
East Central |
Southwest |
South Central |
Southeast | State |
| - - - - - - - - - - Percent Planted - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Robust | 49 .8 | 55 .7 | 71 .8 | 58 .5 | 71 .3 | 58 .5 | 7 .9 | 65 .2 | 77 .1 | 59 .6 |
| Lacey | 8 .4 | 17 .6 | 19 .8 | 0 .0 | 16 .9 | 23 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 9 .0 | 13 .2 |
| Conlon | 13 .7 | 18 .7 | 2 .5 | 9 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .7 | 41 .8 | 15 .2 | 3 .6 | 10 .6 |
| Stander | 10 .0 | 4 .5 | 1 .2 | 0 .0 | 0 .9 | 1 .5 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .8 |
| Legacy | 2 .0 | 0 .9 | 1 .0 | 9 .3 | 0 .0 | 5 .3 | 7 .2 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .2 |
| Haybet | 6 .2 | 1 .9 | 0 .6 | 0 .0 | 2 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 2 .0 | 1 .9 |
| Drummond | 2 .2 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 6 .8 | 0 .5 | 0 .0 | 10 .5 | 5 .3 | 2 .0 | 1 .9 |
| Bowman | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 10 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 14 .6 | 0 .0 | 2 .1 | 1 .8 |
| Excel | 2 .6 | 0 .0 | 2 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .4 | 5 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .0 | 1 .6 |
| Stark | 0 .3 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .8 | 0 .5 | 0 .0 | 8 .5 | 8 .4 | 0 .0 | 1 .2 |
| Morex | 1 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 0 .0 | 1 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .9 | 2 .4 | 0 .8 |
| Harrington | 2 .1 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .4 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 |
| Other 2/ | 0 .7 | 0 .8 | 0 .4 | 1 .8 | 3 .3 | 2 .4 | 9 .6 | 3 .0 | 0 .8 | 1 .9 |
| - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Robust | 114 .6 | 183 .9 | 208 .1 | 73 .1 | 156 .9 | 76 .0 | 6 .7 | 65 .2 | 69 .4 | 953 .9 |
| Lacey | 19 .4 | 58 .0 | 57 .5 | 0 .0 | 37 .1 | 31 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 8 .1 | 211 .1 |
| Conlon | 31 .5 | 61 .8 | 7 .2 | 11 .2 | 0 .0 | 3 .5 | 35 .5 | 15 .2 | 3 .2 | 169 .1 |
| Stander | 22 .9 | 14 .7 | 3 .5 | 0 .0 | 2 .0 | 1 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 45 .0 |
| Legacy | 4 .6 | 2 .9 | 3 .0 | 11 .6 | 0 .0 | 6 .9 | 6 .1 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 35 .1 |
| Haybet | 5 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 8 .5 | 1 .1 | 0 .0 | 8 .9 | 5 .3 | 1 .8 | 30 .6 |
| Drummond | 14 .3 | 6 .2 | 1 .8 | 0 .0 | 5 .3 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .6 | 1 .8 | 30 .0 |
| Bowman | 0 .1 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 13 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 12 .4 | 0 .0 | 1 .9 | 28 .0 |
| Excel | 6 .0 | 0 .0 | 5 .9 | 0 .0 | 5 .3 | 7 .6 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .9 | 25 .7 |
| Stark | 0 .8 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .2 | 1 .1 | 0 .0 | 7 .2 | 8 .4 | 0 .0 | 19 .7 |
| Morex | 4 .3 | 0 .0 | 1 .8 | 0 .0 | 4 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .9 | 2 .2 | 13 .2 |
| Harrington | 4 .9 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 2 .5 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 0 .0 | 1 .4 | 0 .0 | 8 .8 |
| Other 2/ | 1 .6 | 2 .5 | 1 .2 | 2 .3 | 7 .2 | 3 .1 | 8 .2 | 3 .0 | 0 .7 | 29 .8 |
| All Varieties | 230 .0 | 330 .0 | 290 .0 | 125 .0 | 220 .0 | 130 .0 | 85 .0 | 100 .0 | 90 .0 | 1,600 .0 |
| 1/ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 2/ Other includes other varieties not listed and unknown varieties. | ||||||||||