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We are permitted to supply small amounts of all our barleys (licensed varieties, public varieties, and germplasms). Commercial production of licensed varieties requires ...a license! For licensing, please contact Denis Sather, Senior IP & Licensing Manager, 541-737-8806; denis.d.sather@oregonstate.edu.
Barley is a beautiful and productive plant. Grow a few plants in pots for striking conversation pieces, a swath in a garden border, or devote a full garden bed. Follow this link for detailed instructions.
| Variety or germplasm | Release status | Seed source | Spike type | Growth habit | Hull type | Awn type |
Principal end use(s) Order indicates priority |
Comments | More info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alba | Public variety (2012) |
OSU Barley Project |
6 row | winter | covered | awned | Feed, malt, food | Resistant to stripe rust and scald. Watch out for leaf rust and BYDV. Plump seed and high test weight. Very well adapted to high rainfall areas of the Pacific Northwest. Successfully malted by Skagit Malting and brewed at leading Seattle breweries. Successful organic feed production by Hummingbird Wholesale. | |
| BSR-27 |
Germplasm (2024) |
OSU Barley Project | 6 row | spring | covered | hooded | stripe rust resistant forage | A solid parent for spring hooded barley development. | Germplasm release |
| Buck | Public variety (2015) |
OSU Barley Project |
6 row | winter | naked | awned | Food, malt, feed | A pure line successor to #STRKR, with better threshability. Resistant to stripe rust and leaf rust. Watch out for scald and BYDV. | |
| Flex (TM) |
Non-exclusive license (2023) |
OSU Barley Project | 2-row | facultative | covered | awned | Malt | A facultative GN zero first!!!! | Variety release |
| Full Pint | Public variety (2014) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | spring | covered | awned | Malt, feed, food | First released as germplasm BCD47, PI 659444. Later released as the variety Full Pint - short as a half pint, but who want a half pint when you can have a full pint? A barley that may contribute to beer flavor. Resistant to stripe rust and most races of leaf rust. Watch out for mildew. Scald and BYDV usually not issues in spring-planted barley. Semi-dwarf, lodging resistant. Suitable for irrigated/ high rainfall areas. Malts, beers, and whiskeys available available from quality purveyors. An Epiheterodendrin non-producer = GN 0. | |
| GN0-Vivar (TM) |
Non-exclusive license (2024) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | winter | covered | awned | Malt | THE GN0 choice for pot distillers | Variety release |
| Lightning (TM) |
Non-exclusive license (2021) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | facultative | covered | awned | Malt, feed, food | High yielding and resistant to stripe rust, scald, and pre-harvest sprouting. Winterhardiness = winter checks. Can make great malt - IF grain dormancy and water sensitivity can be dealt with. | Journal of Plant Registrations |
| Lontra (TM) | Non-exclusive license (2023) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | winter | covered | awned | Malt, feed, food | OK - If Maris Otter is a Lutra (Old World Otter) what is a flavorful New World Otter? Hint - Lontra.... | Journal of Plant Registrations |
| Maja | Exclusively licensed - AgriSource | AgriSource | 6 row | facultative | covered | awned | Malt, feed, food | High yielding and ideally suited for irrigated conditions in the intermountain west, but there are favorable reports from Ohio. Resistant to stripe rust; needs fungicide protection from scald and leaf rust in high rainfall areas. A facultative variety with excellent winterhardiness: plant fall or spring. Was approved for AMBA Plant Scale but never commercialized. | Variety release |
| Oregon Hooded Barley Blend (OHBB) | Germplasm (2020) | OSU Barley Project | 6 row | winter | covered | hooded | Forage | A blend of hooded doubled haploid and advanced lines from different pedigrees. | Germplasm release |
| Oregon Promise (TM) |
Non-exclusive license (2021) |
OSU Barley Project |
2-row | spring | covered | awned | Malt | Flavor, flavor, flavor. The best of its parents - Golden Promise and Full Pint. Top-rated for lager beer by OSU consumer panel. GN 0, so imagine the whisk(e)y! | Germplasm release |
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Oregon Naked Barley Blend (ONBB) |
Germplasm (2017) | OSU Barley Project | 2 and 6 row | winter, facultative, and spring | naked | awned and hooded | Food, malt, feed | If you are interested in food barley, simplified plant breeding, and doubled haploid research/variety development opportunities this could be the resource for you. 753 doubled haploids blended! | |
| Successor (TM) | Non-exclusive license (2023) |
OSU Barley Project |
2-row | spring | covered | awned | Feed | Beyond herbicide carryover a problem for you? Why merely survive if you could succeed... | |
| #STRKR | Germplasm (2014) | OSU Barley Project | 6 row | winter | naked | awned | Food, feed, malt | Multi-colored blend of three pure lines. Excellent for whole grain berries, as coarse milled couscous style, and flour. Grain, flour and flakes available from Hummingbird Wholesale - marketed as "Streaker". Resistant to stripe rust. Watch out for all other diseases. | Journal of Plant Registrations |
| Thunder (TM) | Non-exclusive license (2019) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | winter | covered | awned | Malt, feed | The variety was released based on its malting quality profile and agronomic performance, primarily under irrigated conditions in southern Idaho. The Klamath Basin of Oregon and California is also a potential production area. The variety has potential under dryland conditions in Oregon and Washington. Thunder is on the American Malting Barley Association (AMBA) recommended list. The “Thunder” was chosen based on the enthusiastic response it has elicited from growers and Great Western Malting. | Variety release |
| Top Shelf (TM) | Non-exclusive license (2023) |
OSU Barley Project |
2 row | winter | covered | awned | Malt | A winter GN-0 first! | Journal of Plant Registrations Stay tuned, and kick back with Artisan Spirit |
| Verdant | Exclusively licensed to Agri-Source (2012) |
OSU Barley Project Agrisource (Burley, Idaho) |
6 row | winter | covered | hooded | Forage | Made a splash as the winter forage barley. Farmers were "wearing out the gravel roads driving by to see it". Resistant to stripe rust and scald. Successes in Washington, Oklahoma, Texas, and Morocco. | |
| Woodies | Germplasm (2023) | OSU Barley Project | 2 row | spring | covered | awned | Up to you - quality not so bad! | Resistant to every known race of stem rust, including the dreaded UG99 (?) | Journal of Plant Registrations |