Regenerative Barley:
Hard to master?

Soil Capital helps you master regenerative barley: We build your regen ag program, support your barley growers, and provide credible performance reporting that benefits both farmer resilience while meeting your climate, biodiversity, and water goals.

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The challenges of regenerative malting barley farming.

Barley is often the first step in Regen Ag as it’s seen as easy to start. But is a top cereal — also called a "Formula 1 crop"— because of it's fast and short growing cycle between seeding and harvest. This means every practice change can impact quality, potentially causing the crop to miss essential malting specifications. Let’s dive in to see which ones they are...

UNPREDICTABLE NITROGEN RELEASE

Barley requires early Nitrogen release. Late nitrogen availability during growth risks affecting quality.

REDUCED TILLAGE RISKS GOOD ESTABLISHMENT

Changing tillage can affect seedbed conditions, potentially reducing moisture or oxygen.

VOLATILITY OF ORGANIC FERTILISATION

Organic manure with high available Nitrogen risk mistimed N release that can push grain N beyond malting specs.

PROTEIN SPEC:
QUALITY OF BARLEY

Quality is king. Grain must hit quality specs. Missing the specs risks significant deductions or outright rejection.

Maintain yields,reduce emissions, and contribute to co-benefits.

In this deep dive webinar you will see:

  • Real data from real barley farms in our programs

  • A deep dive into the practice changes at the farm level that have the most impact on the GHG balance

  • A pathway for maltsters, brewers, and the overall beer industry to decrease their scope 3 emissions while maintaining and securing yields.

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Joining forces to grow your Regen Ag program for barley growers.

If barley is a strategic crop, here’s how Soil Capital can support you:

  • Regen Ag program creation: develop a tailored regenerative program for your barley farmers and suppliers.
  • Farmer engagement: recruit, engage & support barley growers in your supply shed in adopting regenerative practices,  step-by-step.
  • Reporting Beyond Carbon & Certifications: Measure and verify farm performance across climate, water, biodiversity, soil fertility, and farm economics — helping you meet and demonstrate your sustainability goals.
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Meet Sam Done, Malting Barley Grower (and regen ag champion).

A grower from northeast England aims to establish a sustainable farming operation focused on profitability and crop quality on 600 hectares, with 80 hectares allocated to spring barley per rotation.

For the past 10 years committed to turning his farm fully into a regenerative system, we deep dive the in the key practices he implemented over his transition, step by step.

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  • Joined Soil Capital in 2023
  • Successfully removed 4t of CO2eq on his spring barley crop.
  • Generated more than 30K€ of additional revenue in ecosystem services to date.

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Simon de nys
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Thomas Goodman
UK Agronomist

Coline Ritz
Data Scientist Specialist

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