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barley

[bahr-lee] / ˈbɑr li /




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The harvest of barley, oats and rapeseed, which are used in beer, breakfast cereals and vegetable oil, is estimated to drop to just 19.5 million tonnes, the worst since records began in 1984.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Corn remained supported by strong demand and tighter supplies in Brazil and the U.S., while sorghum and barley increased mainly due to spillover effects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

But it's not just wheat flour, or barley that can fuel fermentation, all sorts of substances are suitable - in biology those fermentation hosts are known as substrates.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

A barley risotto studded with dried autumn mushrooms follows, Finland’s breadbasket turned into comfort.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Wheat and barley he knew, and once he had been in a field of turnips.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Radiation has been used to breed high-yield barleys, leaf-spot-resistant peanuts; radioisotope tracers have shown the way to more effective use of fertilizers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of those related beans and barleys were indeed domesticated independently in the Americas or China, far from the early site of domestication in the Fertile Crescent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

"However, the barleys look well; but perhaps you don't understand farming?"

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

This conclusion is not entirely in agreement with the results which have been obtained by others upon foreign beers, in the preparation of which low protein barleys have been used.

From A Study Of American Beers and Ales by Tolman, L. M.

Their yield is small compared with native barleys, although this may improve when they are fully acclimatised.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William




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