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South Dakota Barley Varieties
Released: July 14, 2000



Introduction
This report summarizes data from 292 South Dakota barley producers by the USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. We would like to thank all who supplied data making this report possible. Percents and acreage data are included at both the state and agricultural district levels.

Highlights
Robust remained the most popular barley variety seeded during 2000 in South Dakota. Robust was planted on 58.7 percent of the total acreage, up from 45.2 percent in 1999. This is the 8th consecutive year that the malting variety, Robust, has been the leading variety. The next three highest varieties are all feed varieties; Logan at 9.8, Stark at 9.7, and Bowman at 7.9 percent. These top four varieties account for 86.1 percent of the barley planted. This year's planted acreage is estimated at 115,000, up 35,000 acres from last year.

Malting Varieties
Robust, the leading malting barley planted, increased 13.5 percent age points over 1999 to 58.7 percent of total barley (67,600 acres). The three other leading malting varieties were down slightly from last year, planted on 5.9 percent of the acreage and accounting for 6,700 acres. Malting varieties represented 64.6 percent (74,300 acres) of the state's total acreage. Malting varieties are those recommended by the American Malting Barley Association for malting and brewing in 2000.

Feed Varieties
Logan and Stark were the leading feed varieties planted, followed closely by Bowman. These three varieties accounted for 27.4 percent, or 31,500 acres. The three remaining feed varieties accounted for 5,100 acres, or 4.4 percent.

Supporting funds for the
Barley Variety Survey
were provided by
The American Malting
Barley Association, Inc.



BARLEY
PERCENT SEEDED BY VARIETY,
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1996-2000
Variety Percent of State Total 2000
1996 1997 1998 1999 Pct. Acres
Planted
- - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - -
Malting Varieties 53.3 53.2 45.7 53.1 64 .6 74,300
Robust 43.6 38.1 33.0 45.2 58 .7 67,600
Foster 1.2 5.1 4.6 4.3 2 .9 3,300
Morex 5.4 4.7 5.3 1.3 1 .6 1,800
Excel 3.1 5.3 2.8 2.3 1 .4 1,600
Feed Varieties 38.7 38.9 44.7 41.5 31 .8 36,600
Logan 2/ 2/ 1.3 7.6 9 .8 11,300
Stark 13.1 14.6 19.0 16.4 9 .7 11,100
Bowman 25.6 24.3 24.4 15.0 7 .9 9,100
Conlon 2/ 2/ 2/ 2.5 2 .0 2,300
Haybet 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1 .2 1,400
Otis 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1 .2 1,400
Other 1/ 8.0 7.9 9.6 5.4 3 .6 4,100
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 .0 115,000
1/ Malting or feed varieties with less than one percent of the state's barley acreage
in 2000. 2/ Combined with other, less than 1 percent.

        

PERCENT AND ACREAGE SEEDED BY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 2000
Variety Northwest North
Central 		Northeast East River
South 1/ 		West River
South 2/ 		State
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Percent Seeded - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robust 6.4 81.4 91.2 65.6 0.0 58.7
Logan 20.4 7.3 0.0 2.7 30.0 9.8
Stark 32.9 1.8 1.6 3.6 4.3 9.7
Bowman 22.1 0.2 0.0 12.7 20.0 7.9
Foster 3.9 3.2 1.6 0.0 5.7 2.9
Conlon 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Morex 0.0 1.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 1.6
Excel 0.0 2.0 0.0 4.5 2.9 1.4
Otis 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 1.2
Haybet 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.2
Other 3.2 2.5 1.2 10.9 8.6 3.6
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robust 1,800 35,800 22,800 7,200 0 67,600
Logan 5,700 3,200 0 300 2,100 11,300
Stark 9,200 800 400 400 300 11,100
Bowman 6,200 100 0 1,400 1,400 9,100
Foster 1,100 1,400 400 0 400 3,300
Conlon 2,300 0 0 0 0 2,300
Morex 0 700 1,100 0 0 1,800
Excel 0 900 0 500 200 1,600
Otis 0 0 0 0 1,400 1,400
Haybet 800 0 0 0 600 1,400
Other 900 1,100 300 1,200 600 4,100
Total 28,000 44,000 25,000 11,000 7,000 115,000
1/ East River South includes the Central, East Central, and Southeast districts. 2/ West River South includes the West Central, Southwest, and South
Central districts.

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