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DAZEY, N.D. — Eric Broten stands in a field of ripening two-row barley. From the road, the crop appears to be almost ready for harvest. But close up, a major concern becomes obvious: mixed in with the ...

TWIN FALLS • Combines started chewing through barley fields across southern Idaho last week, right on schedule. But hot temperatures are pushing the crop to ripen more quickly than normal and harvest ...

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Unusually cold weather in Russia is delaying wheat and barley ripening, meaning buyers may have to wait longer for the cheaper new crop to arrive. Temperatures from May 11 to 20 were 3 degrees to 5 ...

HILLSBORO, N.D. -- Leon Bertsch injured his Achilles heel while playing kickball last month during the Hillsboro Days celebration. While recuperating from surgery at home, the 53-year-old died ...

In a sign of the changing climate's impact on agriculture, Bulgarian farmers are gearing up for an early start to the wheat and barley harvest this year as soaring temperatures hasten crop ripening.

IN a paper on the effects of desiccation on delayed germination in barley it is suggested that ripening and germination are directly related to the moisture-content of the grain 1. The observation is ...