Quality of malting barley grain in the Czech Republic, crop 2017

Abstract

The quality parameters of 277 samples of malting barley from crop 2017 were assessed according to the standard ČSN 46 1100-5. The average content of nitrogenous substances was 12.2% and starch content 62.6%. Sieving fractions over 2.5 mm achieved the average value of 88.2% and average germination capacity was 98.6%. Average content of grain admixtures unusable for malting was 1.7% and admixtures partly unusable for malting 5.2%.