Posts by Christian Malsatzki

Christian Malsatzki is the Agriculture Program Leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County. In his capacity as an agricultural researcher and educator, Christian’s primary focuses have been: field crops, soil science, beef cattle/livestock, and urban agriculture. 
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To Grow, or Not to Grow Row Barley?

By Christian Malsatzki / January 13, 2020

Evaluating the pros and cons of two-row or six-row barley.      Two–row or six–row for malting barley? That’s a question for some of us, isn’t it? As a grower, which type will help you to maximize profit, produces a higher yield, but also be in demand? As a malthouse, which will provide you with better extraction, be cost effective, and have your brewers asking for more? As a brewer, which makes…

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