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D-malting-barley Dictionary

Malting Barley

Barley grown to brewers' specifications for making malt

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Plain meaning
Barley grown to brewers' specifications for making malt
How to use it
Grow malting barley only under a maltster's contract and to its specification.
South African benchmark
South African barley is a contract crop tied to the malting industry, as Article 11 records.
Country notes
No single benchmark figure; the term applies in South Africa as defined.
Go and read
M2-U5
Calculate it
T-M2-01 Enterprise Budget
Library sources
LIB-A005, LIB-A006, LIB-P-Wheat, LIB-P-Wheat-IP
See also
Specification, Contract farming
Small Grains and Sorghum: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSmall Grains and Sorghum: how the business runsSold bytonnes (t) per hectare1Plant2Grow3Harvest4Store5Sell to miller, brewer or boardZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Small Grains and Sorghum Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M2 Small Grains and Sorghum.