Yield Potential
of a feed barley
Acceptable
malt profile
Top variety
in WSU trials
Hitting every note
LCS Opera provides options for barley growers. With yield results that are equal to or greater than feed barley varieties and an acceptable malting profile, LCS Opera is hitting every note.
Area of Adaptation
| Malting Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specification | 2016 LCS1 Fort Collins, Colorado | 2016 MSU2 Bozeman, Montana | 2015 MSU3 Combined Michigan | 2013 AMBA4 Idaho Falls, Idaho | 2013 AMBA4 Pullman, Washington |
| Barley | |||||
| Plump (On 6/64) (%) | 93.2 | 99.9 | 97.5 | 96.6 | 92.4 |
| Moisture (%) | 10.8 | 15.1 | 8 | 8.3 | |
| Total Protein (% d.b.) | 10.9 | 11 | 11 | 11.6 | |
| Pre Harvest Sprouting (RVA) | 158 | 115 | |||
| DON (ppm) | <0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Malt | |||||
| Extract, Fine Grind (% d.b.) | 81.8 | 79.6 | 83.2 | 82.7 | 80.4 |
| Wort Color (Deg. Lov.) | 1.57 | 2 | 2.55 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| Diastatic Power (Deg. L) | 137 | 173 | 103 | 143 | 153 |
| Alpha Amylase (D.U.) | 54.7 | 50.1 | 59.6 | 60 | 61.4 |
| Soluble Protein (% d.b.) | 4.4 | 4.15 | 4.28 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Total Protein (% d.b.) | 10.9 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| Soluble/Total Protein (% d.b.) | 40.4 | 32.4 | 42.8 | 46.9 | 38 |
| Beta-Glucan (ppm) | 66 | 67 | 36 | 48 | 51 |
| Free Amino Nitrogen (FAN) | 175 | 151 | 206 | 230 | 168 |
| Malt House Analysis 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitting (%) | Steep Out Moisture (%) | Malt Yield (%) | 96-Hour Acrospire Count | ||||
| 0-1/4 | > 1/4-1/2 | > 1/2-3/4 | > 3/4-1 | > 1 | |||
| 95 | 46.8 | 90.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 5 |
- LCS data, obtained from Hartwick College: hartwick.edu/about-us/centers-institutes/center-for-craft-food-and-beverage/
- Data obtained from Winter Malting Barley Trial (WMBT): triticeaetoolbox.org/barley/
- Data obtained from Michigan State University: msue.anr.msu.edu/topic/malting_barley/research
- Data obtained from the American Malting Barley Association: ambainc.org/
Yield & Protein Content
| Agronomic Features | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Idaho South | Oregon State | |||||
| TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | Heading | TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | ||
| LCS Genie | 49.7 | 26.7 | 3.2 | LCS Genie | 50.4 | 25.3 |
| CDC Copeland | 49.1 | 34.3 | .5 | Full Pint | 53.5 | 25.2 |
| AAC Synergy | 48.5 | 32.7 | -1.1 | CDC Copeland | 50.3 | 29.0 |
| AC Metcalfe | 50.0 | 33.7 | -1.5 | AAC Synergy | 52.8 | 29.4 |
| Moravian 69 | 46.0 | 27.0 | 3.2 | |||
| Montana State | ||||||
| Irrigated | Dryland | |||||
| TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | Heading | TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | Heading | |
| LCS Genie | 53.7 | 27.2 | 3.2 | 53.9 | 24.5 | 3.4 |
| CDC Copeland | 53.9 | 31.9 | 2.2 | 53.3 | 27.8 | 1.3 |
| AC Metcalfe | 54.0 | 32.6 | -1.8 | 53.6 | 29.5 | -1.1 |
| AAC Synergy | 52.5 | 31.7 | .2 | 53.0 | 28.7 | -0.5 |
| University of Minnesota | ||||||
| Lodging (1-9) | Height (in) | Heading (DOM*) | ||||
| LCS Genie | 2.5 | 30.6 | 4.8 | |||
| ND Genesis | 3.2 | 35.2 | -.9 | |||
| AC Metcalfe | 4.9 | 35.0 | .6 | |||
| AAC Synergy | 3.7 | 34.2 | 1.1 | |||
| Michigan State | ||||||
| TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | Heading (DOM*) | PHS(RVA) | |||
| LCS Genie | 50.7 | 22.2 | .7 | 115.3 | ||
| CDC Copeland | 37.2 | 24.0 | 1.7 | 77.8 | ||
| AC Metcalfe | 50.3 | 25.6 | -1.0 | 51.7 | ||
| AAC Synergy | 50.4 | 24.7 | -1.7 | 36.7 | ||
| Washington State | ||||||
| TW (lb/bu) | Height (in) | Heading (DOM*) | ||||
| High Rainfall | LCS Genie | 52.3 | 28.3 | 8.0 | ||
| CDC Copeland | 51.4 | 38.0 | 8.4 | |||
| Medium Rainfall | LCS Genie | 53.1 | 26.3 | 2.5 | ||
| CDC Copeland | 51.6 | 35.0 | 3.5 | |||
| Low Rainfall | LCS Genie | 53.3 | 25.5 | 1.0 | ||
| CDC Copeland | 52.5 | 34.0 | 3.0 | |||
*Days off mean of trial
Results may not predict future performance under extremely adverse or unique conditions, including race changes.
Unauthorized seed multiplication prohibited by law.
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