Crops

Barley

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Barley." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/barley.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Barley. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/barley

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-barley,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Barley},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/barley},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

One of the first grains ever domesticated, alongside wheat in the Fertile Crescent. Hardier than wheat in cold, drought and salty soil, barley was the bread grain of the ancient poor and the ration of Roman soldiers, and survives today chiefly as animal feed and as malt, the foundation of beer and whisky.

Facts

Scientific Name

Hordeum vulgare 1

Crop Class

Cereal 1

Domestication Region

Fertile Crescent, Southwest Asia 1

Domesticated When (Circa)

circa 9000 BC 1

Sources

1. Barley (Wikipedia)

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