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Producing Quality Barley For The Malting Industry, Haley H. Oser Dph
Producing Quality Barley For The Malting Industry, Haley H. Oser Dph
Doctor of Plant Health Program: Dissertations and Student Research
The University of Nebraska – Lincoln Doctor of Plant Health program requires each student to fulfill a professional internship over the last summer of the program. For my internship, I worked as a Barley Scientist Intern for MillerCoors and Golden Malting in Golden, Colorado. During this internship I gained a fundamental understanding of malting barley production with a significant emphasis on grain quality. Barley produced for malting must fulfill strict industry quality standards before it is accepted by the head maltsters. These quality standards include: a high germination rate, low moisture content, protein content within an acceptable range and the …