Abstract

Cereal rye is a popular cover crop across the Northeast. The interest in growing rye grain for value-added markets (distillers and bakers) or for cover crop seed has increased considerably across the region. As a result, farmers and end-users of rye need information on varieties and agronomic practices that meet the quality required by these grain markets. In 2023-2024, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils (NWCS) program conducted a harvest date trial to evaluate the effects of harvest date on yield and quality of cereal rye. A quality metric of particular interest is falling number, a laboratory test that measures the viscosity of flour. There are well established ranges for falling number as an indicator of baking and malting quality in wheat and barley. There is less information on the ideal range for falling number in cereal rye. The goal of this project was to evaluate the impact of harvest date on yields and quality parameters, specifically falling number, on four common varieties of cereal rye.

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UVM, University of Vermont, Vermont

Publication Date

1-2025

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