Welcome to the Alberta Barley Commission website. If you’re an Alberta barley producer, this is your source of information about barley production, research and market development.

Our site is designed for our members: Alberta’s 17,000 barley producers. Each year they grow more than five million tonnes of barley, over half of Canada’s annual crop of 10 million tonnes. We’ve also included information for researchers, educators, industry partners, nutritionists, cooks, bakers and the curious.

About 80 per cent of Alberta’s barley crop is grown for livestock feed, particularly for the province’s hog and beef sectors. Much of the remainder is used for malt production in Canada and around the world. While food barley represents just a fraction of the barley sold in Canada, the grain plays an increasingly important role in a nutritious diet.