Economics of Malting Barley Production
Cheryl Bilinski, Local Food Systems Specialist, Farm to School Lead
Harvest New York
March 31, 2017
John Hanchar of CCE Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops team worked with specialists, producers and others in the malting barley industry to develop enterprise budgets under various conditions -- spring vs. winter varieties, varying tillage practices, standard vs. intensive management, and others. Enterprise budgets comprise: value of production, income; costs of production (variable and fixed inputs); and returns, for example, return above variable costs, and return above total costs.
Full results can be reviewed in the attachment provided.
Econonics of Malting Barley (pdf; 250KB)
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