October 2024 |
Classification Update Industry News
New resources providing guidance on the malting quality potential of recently accredited malt barley varieties are now available on the Grains Australia website. Grains Australia’s Malt Performance Summaries include malt variety quality data accumulated from pilot malting trials and commercial production, which is charted alongside data for established benchmark varieties. “The summaries are intended to […]
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April 2024 |
The Grains Australia Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) met recently to carry out final assessment of the remaining varieties that were under evaluation in Stage Two of the malt accreditation program for 2023. Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malting barley accreditation of the barley variety, Zena CL. Zena CL […]
March 2024 |
Classification Update Media Release
Grains Australia Announces the Results of Malting Barley Accreditation Program Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malting barley accreditation of two barley varieties, Commodus CL and Minotaur. Commodus CL Commodus CL was submitted by InterGrain and was accredited as Malting Barley following evaluation by the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC), […]
The Grains Australia Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) met recently to carry out assessment of the various varieties currently under evaluation. Summary of results: Varieties undergoing Stage Two Evaluation Beast: Insufficient grain was available to complete full evaluation in 2023 and Stage Two evaluation will be continued in 2024. Cyclops: Insufficient grain […]
January 2024 |
Grains Australia is pleased to announce that its Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) has made an early accreditation decision for Stage One varieties currently under evaluation. A summary of results is provided below: Varieties Undergoing Stage One Evaluation Neo CL: Parcels of grain were pilot malted, as planned, to satisfy the requirements […]
March 2023 |
Media Release
Grains Australia Announces the Results of Malting Barley Evaluation Trials Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malt accreditation of the barley variety, Buff. Buff was submitted by InterGrain and was accredited as Malting Barley following the evaluation trials conducted in association with the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) assessment, under […]
Industry News
The Grains Australia Barley Council has met to consider the recommendations from the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) for the various varieties currently under evaluation. Grains Australia took responsibility for all the technical functions associated with barley varietal classification, trade and market access, and information and education on behalf of the Australian […]
September 2022 |
Grains Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Victorian grain grower Simon Tickner to the Barley Council. Simon joins 11 other industry representatives on the Council who are responsible for providing advice to the Board on behalf of the Australian barley industry. Simon joins the Barley Council as a grower representative from Victoria and […]
May 2022 |
The Boards of Barley Australia and Grains Australia are pleased to announce they have completed a merger of Barley Australia into Grains Australia. Under the merger Grains Australia takes responsibility for all technical functions associated with barley varietal classification, trade and market access and information and education on behalf of the Australian barley industry. Barley […]
