Esma - 2 Row Feed Barley
Esma (SC18-032RB) is a very short strong strawed 2-row barley with excellent grain yield potential.
  • Yield 129% of AC Metcalfe and 109% AAC Synergy in the Ontario Barley Orthogonal Trials 2018-2019.
  • SeCan western EuroBarley Trials 2017 & 2019 showed Esma to yield approximately 5% higher than CDC Austenson and 20% higher than AC Metcalfe
  • Lodging resistance is better than CDC Austenson in SeCan western EuroBarley Trials, 1.3 for Esma vs 2.7 for CDC Austenson on a 1 to 9 scale where 1 = no lodging and 9 = flat
  • ​Approximately 20cm shorter than CDC Austenson based on SeCan western EuroBarley Trials 2017 & 2019
  • ​Slightly lower bushel weight compared to Canadian check varieties  Late maturity, approximately 2-3 days later than CDC Austenson
Below: The above chart comes from the PDF about Austenson barley vs Esma barley
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Below: Esma on the left & CDC Austenson on the right. Both had a PGR applied on irrigation.
Barley Options:
Malt Barley:
Malt - Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley - Malt barley contracts with MolsonCoors
​Malt - Metcalfe Malt Barley - Industry standard malt
​Malt - Bow Malt Barley - Dual use malt and feed and forage barley variety
​Malt - Fraser Malt Barley - 2 row malt

Dual Use: Malt or feed - AB BrewNet - 2 row feed / forage / malt

Feed & Forage Barley
​6 Row Feed - AB Cattlelac Feed and Forage Barley - New feed and forage barley leader!
2 Row Feed - Esma - New! Top yield and standability, Austenson replacement
​2 Row Feed - Austenson Feed and Forage Barley - Industry standard

​​Winter Barley