International Barley Hub

What is the International Barley Hub?

The International Barley Hub is a platform to promote excellence in barley science and promote collaboration across the scientific, industrial and commercial sectors. Its goal is to generate new discoveries and their effective translation into wider economic, social and commercial benefits. It will explore strategies for mitigating climate and environmental change to benefit a whole range of industries and wider society.

Who we collaborate with?

We work together with our international community in science, research and academia to support and collaborate across breeding, farming, malting, brewing, food, feed and health industries.

Where are we based?

The International Barley Hub, hosted at The James Hutton Institute near Dundee, Scotland is an international community with collaboration and interaction predominantly across the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.

Timelapse: International Barley Hub Field Centre building construction

Find out more about the development of IBH in our latest newsletter: Hutton Tay Cities Region Deal Newsletter, July 2022 or watch our short video below:

The International Barley Hub is pleased to announce its 2022 series of seminars. Find out more on our Seminars page.

International Barley Hub Seminar Series

The International Barley Hub is pleased to announce it will run a 2023 series of seminars. Next seminar: Thursday, 25 May 2023, 14:00 – 15:30 GMT: Barley Mutants

Find out more on our Seminars page.

Barley

Barley is the fourth most important cereal crop in the world, grown in more than 100 countries and used for animal feed, human food and the production of alcohol.

Barley genetics and research

Rapid advances in genomics are leading to an unprecedented ability to identify causal genes, facilitating the selection of pools of enriched germplasm in the laboratory and improving the effectiveness of breeding programmes.

Barley breeding

Barley breeding in the UK is conducted by private companies with six conducting UK based breeding programmes: KWS UK, Limagrain UK, RAGT, Saaten Union, Secobra Recherches and Syngenta Seeds.

Barley breeding costs

The costs of running a breeding programme are in the order of £250k per annum. Costs for variety registration and protection, stock and seed production and marketing can add another £200k to the budget.

About IBH

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