After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer may be faced with the unpredictable problem of untimely sprouting of barley. Sprouted barley fetches considerably low market ...

Salads may say summer but they’re welcome in winter too. They’re even better if you can do much of the prep ahead of time. For this salad, you can cook the pearl barley earlier in the day, mix with ...

Zach Davy, left, and Bill Hall stir barley. Rakes are used to turn the barley as it germinates so it sprouts uniformly. Zach Davy, left, and Bill Hall, co-founders of Missouri Valley Malt, are turning ...