Welcome to the Northern Grain Growers Association

What’s New!

For your information – there is currently GMO labeling legislation that is under consideration in Vermont. To read more, click on Statement in Support House Bill H.112, which is an act relating to the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering.

If this link is not available, you will find a link to the letter here under “Talk to Food Producers” – Right to Know GMOs Action Center.

The UVM Cereal Grain Testing Laboratory will be closing for routine maintenance at the end of February and reopening just in time for harvest in July 2013.

If you need any last minute testing services – get them in As Soon As Possible!

The 9th Annual Grain Growers Conference

“Returning To Our Roots”
Come to the annual grain conference on Thursday, March 14, 2013 to learn about growing and processing a variety of grains. We will also hear about some challenges and successes of bringing small grains production back to regions like the Northeast, as well as the ways wheat has changed for the better.

Click here for the detailed brochure. Register Now at www.uvm.edu/extension/grainconference.

2012 Grains Research Trials Reports

2012 Small Grain Forage Report (pdf)
2012 Small Grain Forage Fertility Report (pdf)
2012 Spring Barley Variety Trial (pdf)
2012 Winter Barley Variety Trials (pdf)
2012 Spring Wheat Variety Trial Report (pdf)
2012 Winter Wheat Variety Trial Report (pdf)
2012 Heirloom Spring Wheat Trial (pdf)
2012 Heirloom Winter Wheat Trial (pdf)
2012 Oat Variety (pdf)
2012 Organic Spring Wheat Seeding Rate Trial (pdf)
2012 Organic Spring Wheat Planting Date Trial (pdf)
2012 Organic Winter Wheat Planting Date Trial (pdf)
2012 Organic Spring Wheat Weed Control Strategies Report (pdf)
2012 Organic Corn Silage Report (pdf)
2012 Vermont On-Farm Spring Wheat Breeding Trials (pdf)
2012 Effects of Topdressing Organic Nitrogen (pdf)

2012 Reports and Executive Summaries
1) An Evaluation to Determine the Feasibility of a Multi-Purpose Grain Processing Facility in Vermont
2) Vermont Milled Grain Products Local Market Study Report, Executive Summary
3) Improving and Increasing Technical Assistance to Vermont Grain and Hops Producers, Executive Summary

PAST NEWS BITS

Click above on PAST NEWS BITS for past bulletins of “What’s New!”.

Several Field Days were held for grains and forages as part of the UVM Extension Northwest Crops & Soils 2012 SUMMER SERIES. They went very well and were largely attended. Following is a slideshow of pictures from several the different Field Days.

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Past research trial results from UVM Extension’s NW Crops & Soils Team:

2011 Winter Wheat N Topdress Report (pdf)
2011 Barley Variety Trials (pdf)
2011 Spring Wheat Variety Trial (pdf)
2011 Spring Wheat Weed Control Strategies (pdf)
2011 Winter Wheat Harvest Date (pdf)
2011 Winter Wheat Variety Trial (pdf)

2010 Spring Wheat Variety Trial (pdf)
2010 Winter Wheat Variety Trial (pdf)
2010 Heirloom Wheat Variety Trial (pdf)
2010 Barley Variety Trial (pdf)

In January of 2012, a group of bakers from Maine and Vermont trialed four winter wheat varieties grown in 2011 by the University of Vermont and University of Maine.  Randy George from Red Hen Baking Company, Jeffrey Hamelman from King Arthur Flour, Jim Amaral from Borealis Breads, and Alison Pray from Standard Baking Company came together at the King Arthur Baking Education Center in Norwich, VT to test-bake local wheat flours!  The results were delicious.  Check out the photos below.

The Northern Grain Growers Association is a “farm grown” organization. Since 2004 many of the grain growers in Vermont have been gathering together for exchanging ideas, networking, and camaraderie. The initial focus of the group was to enhance organic seed saving, plant breeding, and variety improvement. Over time the group has developed a somewhat broader focus which includes all aspects of grain production.

In recent years the interest in local grains has been increasing and the group now includes bakers, local eating enthusiasts, agricultural support personnel, and many beginning farmers.