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How much you paying for Seed Barley?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerm" data-source="post: 7377339" data-attributes="member: 7195"><p>Not a stupid question. The better the quality of grain you plant the better crop it should produce. The most noticeable difference between barley and seed barley is usually what happens to it after it has been combined. Grain for seed usually goes though a cleaning process to remove any weeds seeds which you certainly do not wish to be planting and other debris such as husks and straw which may have not be fully removed during combining and block up drill spouts. Once cleaned a seed dressing may be applied which gives the grain some protection from soil and seed born fungal diseases and in some cases some insects and insect born virus too. Crops grown specifically as seed crops have to be inspected and free from various weeds and fungal infections which may be tolerated in a crop that is not for seed. Sometimes we homesave grain and have it cleaned and dressed, we have some beans cleaned and bagged for seed this morning... sometimes we buy new seed to take advantage of the improvements brought about though new varieties that have been developed... either bought in or home saved we have to pay seed royalties to the plant breeders, this allows them to continue developing new varieties to replace older ones which all too soon become susceptible to new strains of fungal and viral plant diseases, its an arms race.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerm, post: 7377339, member: 7195"] Not a stupid question. The better the quality of grain you plant the better crop it should produce. The most noticeable difference between barley and seed barley is usually what happens to it after it has been combined. Grain for seed usually goes though a cleaning process to remove any weeds seeds which you certainly do not wish to be planting and other debris such as husks and straw which may have not be fully removed during combining and block up drill spouts. Once cleaned a seed dressing may be applied which gives the grain some protection from soil and seed born fungal diseases and in some cases some insects and insect born virus too. Crops grown specifically as seed crops have to be inspected and free from various weeds and fungal infections which may be tolerated in a crop that is not for seed. Sometimes we homesave grain and have it cleaned and dressed, we have some beans cleaned and bagged for seed this morning... sometimes we buy new seed to take advantage of the improvements brought about though new varieties that have been developed... either bought in or home saved we have to pay seed royalties to the plant breeders, this allows them to continue developing new varieties to replace older ones which all too soon become susceptible to new strains of fungal and viral plant diseases, its an arms race. [/QUOTE]
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