US barley standard specifications

 

  

Six-row Barley

Two-row Barley

  Plump

70 or better (>6/64 inch screen)  

80 or better (>6/64 inch screen)  

  Thin

5 or less (<5/64 inch screen)  

10 or less (<5/64 inch screen)  

  Protein

13.5 or less  

13.0 or less  

  Moisture

13.5 or less  

13.0 or less  

  Germination

95 / 96 % depending on buyer  

95 / 96 % depending on buyer  

  S&B

8 or less  

10 or less  

  Test weight

47 /bu. (down to 45 /bu.)  

48 /bu. or better  

  Vomitoxin

0.5 ppm (up to 3.0 ppm) depending on buyer and crop  

0.0 ppm normally no issue on buyer and crop