Date of Planting and Nitrogen Management for Winter Malt Barley Production in the Northeast, USA

There is an increasing market for locally grown malting barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in the Northeast US. Malting must meet certain quality standards acceptability brewing market. Up-to-date recommendations are needed regionally adaptation to ongoing climate change. A two-year field experiment was conducted assess interactive influence of three dates planting (5 September, 15 and 25 September), two levels fall N (0 or 28 kg ha?1), spring (28, 50.5, 73 ha?1). No significant difference detected grain yield amongst treatments. The date application mainly affected crop growth while impacted quality. Delayed led better winter survival reduced lodging foliar disease. Fall early September but had minimal other agronomic impacts. An increased rate protein lowered falling number, there were no treatment differences parameters. Results indicated that late planting, N, moderate (28 ha?1) resulted highest efficiency Northeast.