SBARE Barley Granting Committee

North Dakota Barley Council Office, Fargo

December 15, 2010

Meeting Minutes

The State Board of Agricultural Research and Education’s Barley Granting Committee meeting was called to order at 8 a.m. on Dec. 15, 2010. Voting members present were Jim Broten, Charles Ottem, Mark Seastrand and Greg Kessel. Non-voting members present were Steve Edwardson, Dr. Vern Anderson and Doyle Lentz. Also present was Lori Capouch and Dan Wogsland.

By consensus, the committee nominated Jim Broten to chair the meeting.

The following proposals were considered:

Yield response of North Dakota barley varieties to spot type foliar diseases

Researchers: Robert Brueggeman and Richard Horsley

Amount requested: $6,000

The objective of this project is to determine the impact of foliar disease severity on yield of different genotypes of barley and identify which pathogens are contributing to spot type disease severity under natural field conditions.

Development of feed barley and two-rowed malting barley cultivars for North Dakota

Researchers: Richard Horsley, Robert Brueggeman and Paul Schwarz

Amount requested: $8,782

The objective of this project is to develop high yielding feed barley and two-rowed malting barley adapted for production in North Dakota.

It was moved by Ottem and seconded by Seastrand to grant negotiated funding as follows:

1. $6,000 to the project titled “Yield response to North Dakota barley varieties to spot type foliar diseases”.

2. $8,782 to the project titled “Development of feed barley and two-rowed malting barley cultivars for North Dakota”.

The motion carried unanimously.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned.