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barley

[bahr-lee] / ˈbɑr li /




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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

People appear to have shifted back toward more traditional crops such as wheat and barley during the later stages of the Late Bronze Age.

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

Many of the raw ingredients used to make beer, including barley, wheat and brewer's yeast, contain vitamin B6 and the brewing process doesn't kill it all off, research suggests.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

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

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

She pulled out the magical barley crackers they’d made from the grain Triptolemus had given them in Venice.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

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

In comparison with wheat very little seareh has been made for dry-farm barleys, and, naturally, the list of tested varieties is very small.

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas




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