March 11, 2019 Honorable XX Office Building Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator or Representative XX:

The National Barley Improvement Committee (NBIC) represents the US

barley community of growers; researchers; malting, brewing, distilling, and

food end-users; and allied industries (Tab D).

Barley production, and the manufacture and sale of value-added

barley products (malt, beer, distilled products, food, livestock, fish &

biofuels) have a significant impact on the US economy (Tab A).

* $1.2 Billion/Year Crop * 62% Used in Beer *29% Feed * 4% Food * 3% Whiskey * 2% Seed

>Critical and primary raw material for beer (NO BARLEY = NO BEER)

* $351 Billion/year brewing industry business activity

* 2.2 Million jobs

* $64 Billion business, personal, consumption taxes

Large US brewers, maltsters, and distillers make a

significant contribution to the economy and employ a

substantial workforce. The rapidly growing craft brewing,

malting, and distilling industries are providing a substantial

additional boost to the US economy through expansions and

start-ups, with considerable capital & operating

expenditures and new employment. There are now over

7,000 breweries, with 3 net openings per day; 144 malt

plants operating or under construction; and 823 whiskey

distillers in the US. Many of these are small businesses, without the resources to invest in barley

research and are dependent on public sector research programs to meet their needs.

Federal investment in barley research is needed to keep barley a viable option for US growers

and to maintain and enhance value-added job generating enterprises in the US.

> Barley is primarily a public sector non-GM crop, with most barley research and development at

state universities and USDA-ARS facilities.

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> There is little interest by biotechnology seed companies in barley research & variety

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> Barley is facing stiff competition from corn, soybeans, and other crops that are receiving

substantial private and public-sector investment, including GM variety development

> Funding agricultural research is a justified federal expenditure and needed to maintain and

enhance the agricultural economy and job creation.

* $10 in benefits for $1 invested in agricultural research (President’s Council of Advisors

on Science & Technology, 2012)

We thank Congress for restoring and enhancing USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS),

(Salaries & Expenses) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) (discretionary)

funding this past decade. This has helped reestablish the nation’s research capacity needed to help

maintain and enhance the agricultural economy.

We also thank Congress for the $1 million increase for the USDA-ARS Small Grains Genomic

Initiative in FY2019, and maintenance of funding for the USDA-ARS US Wheat & Barley Scab

Initiative.

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

The Agricultural Research Service, USDA’s in-house scientific research agency, conducts intramural

research and funds extramural projects of high national priority to develop, and make available,

solutions that address agricultural challenges, including those faced by barley. Each year, targeted

terminations, reductions and redirections in intramural and extramural funding limits the ability of the

USDA-ARS to fill vacancies, even after Congress does not concur with those closures, maintains

extramural research funding at no less than the previous fiscal year levels, and provides increases in

the ARS budget.

The NBIC does not support ARS reductions and redirections in intramural and extramural

funding that may be proposed in the President’s FY2020 ARS budget.

We are requesting the assistance and support of your office for FY2020 funding for ARS at or above

FY2019 levels, to enhance the nation’s agricultural research capacity and agricultural economy.

USDA-ARS Hiring

(NO SCIENTISTS = NO RESEARCH)

USDA-ARS has worked to fill vacancies, including for barley research, since the 15-month hiring

freeze was partially lifted in April, 2018, which is greatly appreciated. The hiring freeze has continued

for programs on the termination lists, often for multiple years, causing a decline in personnel and

capacity needed to meet critical missions, although static or increased funding from Congressional

appropriations is available in those programs.

We ask Congress to help ensure that funding appropriated for ARS can be utilized at all

locations to refill vacant positions.

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ARS US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (Tab B)

Scab on Barley DON aka Vomitoxin Scabby Barley Scab on Wheat

Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) is the most serious disease threat facing wheat and barley,

impacting production throughout most of the US. Scab related losses to farmers, food processors, and

brewers run in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Losses to farmers take the form of lower yield,

reduced grain quality, price discounts, sale as lower valued feed barley, or no sale at all, due to the

presence of deoxynivalenol (DON or vomitoxin). The Fusarium fungus causing FHB, produces this

mycotoxin and causes other grain quality issues, resulting in losses to the national barley and wheat

supply chain of growers, processors, and end users.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees thank Congress for funding

the USDA-ARS US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative at $9.45 Million for FY2019.

We also thank Congress for language in the 2018 Farm Bill that increases authorization for

USDA-ARS scab research from $10.0 Million to $15.0 Million/Year, and limits indirect costs for

USWBSI research grants to 10%, to enhance and accelerate efforts to address this disease

threat. The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees request:

(A) FY2020 funding increase of $5.55 Million for the US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative

(USWBSI) to bring appropriated funding to the $15 Million authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill.

Substantial progress has been realized, however

much work remains to be done and additional

funding is needed to meet the mission and

objectives of the USWBSI, and address the

substantial economic threat scab poses to the US

agricultural economy.

A 2017 economic study “Economic Impact of

USWBSI’s Scab Initiative to Reduce Fusarium

Head Blight” Agribusiness and Applied

Economics No. 774, September 2017

(https://scabusa.org/pdfs/AAE774.pdf) determined that for every $1 invested by the

USWBSI there were $71 in benefits. States receiving funding in FY2018 and FY2019 are

shown. Research benefits all states, not just those funded.

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ARS Small Grains Genomic Initiative (Tab C)

It is imperative that efforts to address national genomic,

phenomic, and breeding needs for US crops include

enhanced resources for USDA-ARS small grains (barley,

oats, and wheat) research programs that keep small grains

viable crops and continue their substantial contributions to

the agricultural economy.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement

Committees thank Congress for providing a $1.0 Million

increase in FY2019 for the ARS Small Grains Genomic

Initiative, raising funding to $2.5 Million/year.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees request:

FY2020 funding increase of $940,000 for the ARS Small Grains Genomic Initiative (SGGI) to

bring appropriated levels to the total $3.44 million requested by the National Barley & Wheat

Improvement Committees.

Next Generation Genotyping ($116,000) – Funding from the SGGI is enabling the four

ARS Small Grains Regional Genotyping Laboratories (SGRGL - Fargo, ND; Manhattan, KS;

Raleigh, NC; Pullman, WA) to meet their mission through national, multi-institutional,

collaborations with ARS and land-grant barley, oat, and wheat researchers, to apply genomics

information and DNA marker technologies to small grains improvement. In order to counter threats to

the nation’s crops from diseases, insects, and a changing climate, while increasing yields and crop

quality, and improving our position in the world marketplace, plant breeders must be equipped with

the genotypic data that give them rapid access to traits of value and introgression into improved

varieties.

Next Generation Phenomics ($597,000) - High throughput barley, oat, and wheat quality phenotyping (measurable characterization) of experimental lines is

critical to the development of varieties by US public sector small grains breeding programs. Barley,

oat, and wheat varieties developed with the aid of genomic technology without the required quality

characteristics desired by domestic and export market end-users are of no value.

Quality phenotyping (analyses) of malting barley lines is conducted for US public sector breeding

programs at one ARS location, the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit (CCRU), Madison,

WI. The CCRU also conducts molecular biology and genetic research to support improvement of the

malting and nutritional quality of barley, and develop new technologies for quality evaluation. The four

USDA-ARS Wheat Quality Laboratories (WQLs) (Fargo, ND; Manhattan, KS; Pullman, WA;

Wooster, OH) conduct wheat quality research through four strategically-located regional laboratories

as part of the National Program in Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products. Each WQL focuses

on wheat types commonly grown in its region.

ARS coordinated national and regional Uniform Small Grains Nurseries ($88,000) provide

small grains breeders throughout the US with invaluable phenotypic data for many agronomic traits

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(e.g. yield, kernel plumpness, test weight, lodging, disease resistance, etc.) that must be optimized in

new small grain varieties to provide economic value to growers and end-users. Funding supports

ARS coordinated nurseries in Aberdeen, ID; Fargo, ND; Lincoln, NE; Pullman, WA; Raleigh, NC;

and St. Paul, MN, and their ARS and land-grant research collaborators.

Doubled Haploid Research & Production ($139,000) - A

biotechnology technique applied to barley and wheat variety development

that does not involve genetic modification, is doubled haploid (DH) line

production. This technique substantially accelerates the breeding of new

varieties. Funding is needed to provide US public sector barley and wheat

breeding programs with DH production services, improve DH technology,

and foster regional and national genomic and breeding research

collaborations accelerated with DH technology.

US public sector barley ARS and land-grant research programs conduct collaborative DH assisted

targeted research with the barley breeding and genetics program at Oregon State University, Corvallis,

to accelerate the development of improved malting barley varieties. For US public sector wheat

breeding programs, it enables collaborative DH assisted targeted research with the wheat breeding and

genetics program at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) &

USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)

As with other components of the agricultural economy, the barley supply chain, from grower to end

user, has long relied on the NASS and ERS for unbiased estimates of barley acreage, production,

stocks, varieties, economic statistics, and other information. Growers pay close attention to what other

producers are doing in their region or other parts of the country and utilize the data in making their

cropping decisions. Government agencies on the state and federal level apply NASS and ERS data to

models that influence legislation and policy decisions. The data is critical for end users such as

millers, maltsters, distillers, and brewers, or exporters to make procurement decisions and long-range

investment plans. This information becomes the foundation on which many important decisions are

made, and which helps keep barley a viable crop with a significant contribution to the US economy.

We are requesting the assistance and support of your office for FY2020 funding for NASS and

ERS, at or above FY2019 levels, to enhance the nation’s agricultural economy.

USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA)

NBIC supports FY2020 funding at or above FY2019 funding levels for NIFA Hatch Act &

Smith-Lever Formula Grants, which provide critical support to applied scientists, including crop

breeders, and extension personnel at state universities, for practical research and programs of critical

importance to farmers, end-users, and consumers.

> Such work is not funded by existing competitive grant programs which focus on basic research.

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NBIC supports FY2019 funding levels or more for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

(AFRI) in FY2020, if increased funding is not at the expense of ARS or important NIFA programs

(e.g. Hatch act and Smith-Lever Formula grants, Organic Agriculture & Extension Initiative, other

grant programs).

The NBIC opposes the Adminstration proposal to relocate and reorganize the

Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and

Agriculture (NIFA).

Moving from the DC area and reorganizing ERS and NIFA will have detrimental impacts on the

national research community, including barley. The loss of capable and experienced staff will

drastically impact the quality of expertise at the agencies and key relationships with stakeholders that

travel to the DC, often only once a year (e.g. NBIC), to visit both Congress and federal agencies. This

will further isolate agriculture research, negatively impact partnerships with other federal DC based

agencies, further disconnect these agencies from the DC annual appropriations process, and increase

political influence into federally-chartered economic policy research analysis.

The NBIC supports the provisions of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax

Reform Act (CBMTRA) (S. 362) (HR-1175), which benefits all brewers, small and large, as well as

wine, cider and spirit producers. Legislation passed in December 2017 included a two-year provision

of CBMTRA, which are set to expire at the end of 2019. NBIC supports those provisions

being made permanent.

Thank you for your consideration.

Gary Beck Andrew Friskop Mike Davis

Chair Vice Chair Executive Secretary

A-1 ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BARLEY

One of the strengths of the U.S. economy is its crop production and agricultural based industries.

Crop and value-added product exports reduce the unfavorable trade balance and generate new

employment, grower income, and federal revenue. Maintenance of U.S. strength in agriculture

requires continuing efforts to improve crop productivity and quality. U.S. agricultural production

that can supply both domestic demands and can compete in world markets will only be

accomplished by strong investments in agricultural research programs. Innovative and competitive

research will keep the U.S. at the forefront of the development and implementation of new

agricultural technologies.

Barley is a significant U.S. crop. Barley production

is approximately 215 million bushels with an

estimated value of $1.2 billion as a raw agricultural

commodity (2012 Census).

Barley producers stimulate the rural economy

through the purchase of fertilizer, seed, chemicals,

fuel, labor, other supplies and farm equipment.

These variable cash expenses averaged $549 million

annually (2013-2017).

The impact of barley on the U.S. economy is even

more significant if the value-added products

resulting from its utilization as an animal feed, in malt beverages, and in food products are

considered. The economy also benefits from exports which annually average $57 million for barley

and its milled products, $226 million for malt and malt extracts, $609 million for beer, and $1.06

billion for whiskey (2013-2017).

BARLEY BALANCE SHEET

ANNUAL FEDERAL ANNUAL RETURN RESEARCH INVESTMENT* ON INVESTMENT

$ 13.978 USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) $ 1.2 Raw agricultural commodity

0.758 Other Grants (NIFA-AFRI, NSF) 350.8 Brewing industry business

ctivity NA USDA-NIFA Formula Grants (Hatch Act, Smith-Lever) 3.7 Federal excise tax revenue

$14.736 Million 25.9 Federal income tax

2.4 Value-added use as feed

NA Value-added use as food

$384.0 Billion

*FY2018 Funding Levels

NA: Not Available

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF THE BREWING

INDUSTRY

Barley is a critical and primary raw material for beer.

Without malting barley, there would be no beer. The

economic value of the U.S. brewing industry is substantial.

Feed & Other

29.4%

Seed

2.3%

Food

3.5%

Beer

62.1%

Whiskey 2.7%

Domestic Use of Barley in the US2014 - 2018 Average

Economic Contribution of Brewing

Wages

103

Billions of Dollars

Taxes

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Total Bus. Activity

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A-2 BARLEY: ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE BY STATE

Brewing Industry2

Annual1 Crop1 Total Bus. Whiskey Malt

State Production Value Employment Activity Taxes3 Brewers4 Distillers5 Plants4

(million bu) (million $)

(million $) (million $)

Alabama 0.0 0.1 22,055 2,826 615 41 7 1

Alaska 0.2 1.0 5,692 830 199 41 5

Arizona 5.0 27.0 47,356 6,483 1,094 116 7 1

Arkansas 10,836 1,500 280 39 4

California 5.3 29.2 267,576 48,175 9,965 811 54 6

Colorado 6.6 42.0 68,705 15,311 2,184 393 48 7

Connecticut 20,468 2,855 596 84 6 3 Delaware 2.8 11.7 5,999 996 142 25 3 1

District of Columbia 9,680 1,159 194 11 11

Florida 160,706 21,687 3,949 283 18

Georgia 0.0 0.2 53,487 8,479 1,400 79 12 1

Hawaii 13,756 1,900 366 21 Idaho 51.1 306.1 11,987 1,713 250 64 8 5

Illinois 0.1 --- 89,692 13,943 2,356 228 21 4 Indiana 0.0 0.5 36,609 4,825 740 176 20 2

Iowa 0.1 0.6 29,233 3,764 587 87 9 1

Kansas 0.3 2.0 15,582 2,091 302 43 5 2 Kentucky 0.5 2.5 17,191 2,118 413 61 35 1

Louisiana 33,995 4,500 772 37 4

Maine 0.9 3.7 16,993 2,328 433 113 7 3

Maryland 3.3 13.2 31,351 4,338 883 95 18 4

Massachusetts --- --- 58,645 9,040 1,615 153 12 3 Michigan 0.4 1.8 66,403 9,290 1,492 354 27 14

Minnesota 6.1 38.4 53,971 7,894 1,466 169 19 6

Mississippi 11,553 1,516 319 15 3

Missouri 0.1 0.3 57,656 12,457 2,030 114 22 3

Montana 37.5 211.8 10,152 1,351 158 89 15 5 Nebraska 0.1 0.4 16,476 2,263 331 49 4 2

Nevada 0.2 0.7 49,210 7,115 1,212 41 7 3

New Hampshire 0.0 --- 13,588 2,206 377 79 8

New Jersey 0.1 0.5 43,901 6,525 1,150 108 6 1

New Mexico --- --- 13,076 1,690 272 84 10

New York 0.3 1.6 130,762 23,588 5,350 386 73 12

North Carolina 1.0 3.5 58,949 8,842 1,651 290 17 3

North Dakota 60.2 367.7 7,271 939 139 17 2 1

Ohio 0.2 1.1 81,341 13,269 2,503 289 25 9

Oklahoma 0.2 0.8 17,842 3,031 559 35 4 1 Oregon 3.9 20.4 44,910 7,424 975 287 30 7

Pennsylvania 3.8 15.7 72,698 11,406 1,812 326 37 5

Rhode Island 7,756 1,000 169 24 2

South Carolina 0.0 --- 27,914 3,322 692 72 21

South Dakota 0.8 3.8 8,462 1,044 149 28 3 Tennessee 0.1 --- 29,277 3,991 830 95 23 2

Texas 0.2 1.0 165,249 26,729 4,573 279 36 3

Utah 2.0 7.7 12,690 1,587 271 36 5 1

Vermont 0.0 --- 8,566 1,137 203 227 7 2

Virginia 2.9 10.9 55,314 9,346 2,050 66 24 4 Washington 12.1 61.7 53,619 8,679 1,556 390 59 4

West Virginia 0.1 0.5 7,196 1,009 161 24 10

Wisconsin 0.9 3.4 69,163 10,505 1,611 188 15 6

Wyoming 5.5 33.7 5,354 806 110 29 3 2

Total U.S. 215.1 1,228.2 2,227,913 350,820 63,541 7,191 823 141 1 2012 Census production and crop values. (Source: USDA\NASS). (---) Data not available for some minor states. 2 Source: Economic Impact, 2016 Prepared for the Beer Institute by John Dunham and Associates. 3 Taxes paid and generated - business, consumption & personal. 4 Various published and unpublished sources. Malting companies include those under construction. 5 Sku's Recent Eats “The Complete List of American Whiskey Distilleries & Brands”

A-3 MAJOR & REGIONAL BREWERS IN THE UNITED STATES1

STATE COMPANY CITY

Alaska Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau

Arizona Four Peaks Brewing Co. Tempe SanTan Brewing Co. Chandler

California 21ST Amendment Brewery San Francisco AleSmith Brewing Co. San Diego

Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco

Anderson Valley Brewing Co. Boonville

AB InBev Fairfield

AB InBev Los Angeles

Ballast Point Brewing Co. San Diego

Bear Republic Brewing Co. Healdsburg

BJ’s Chicago Pizza & Brewery Huntington Beach

Calicraft Brewing Co. Walnut Creek

Coronado Brewing Co. Coronado

Drakes Brewing San Leandro

Fieldwork Brewing Berkeley

Figueroa Mountain Brewing Buellton, California

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles

Fort Point Beer Co. San Francisco

Golden Road Brewery

Los Angeles

Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose

Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego

Hangar 24 Craft Brewery Redlands

Hermitage Brewing Co. San Jose

Karl Strauss Breweries San Diego

Knee Deep Brewing Co. Auburn

Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma

Lost Coast Brewery and Café Eureka

Mendocino Brewing Co. Ukiah

MillerCoors, LLC Irwindale

Modern Times Beer San Diego

Mother Earth Brew Co. Vista

North Coast Brewing Co. Fort Bragg

Pizza Port Carlsbad

Russian River Brewing Co. Santa Rosa

Saint Archer Brewing Co. San Diego

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico

Stone Brewing Co. San Marcos

Trumer Brauerei Berkeley

Colorado AB InBev Fort Collins

Avery Brewing Co. Boulder

Blue Moon Brewing Co. Denver

Boulder Beer Co. Boulder

Breckenridge Brewery Littleton

CraftWorks Brewery & Restaurant Broomfield

Crazy Mountain Brewing Co.

Dry Dock Bewin Edwards

Dry Dock Brewing Co. Aurora

Great Divide Brewing Co. Denver

Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont

MillerCoors, LLC Golden

New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins

Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins

A-4 Colorado (cont.) CANarchy Longmont

SKA Brewing Durango

Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. Denver

Upslope Brewing Co. Boulder

Connecticut Stony Creek Brewery Branford

Two Roads Brewing Co. Stratford

Delaware Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton

District of Columbia DC Brau Brewing Washington

Florida AB InBev Jacksonville CANarchy Tampa

D.G. Yuengling & Son Tampa

Florida Beer Co. Cape Canaveral

Funky Budda Brewery Oakland Park

Georgia AB InBev Cartersville

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Athens

MillerCoors, LLC Albany

Sweetwater Brewing Co. Atlanta

Terrapin Beer Co. Athens

Hawaii Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina

Illinois Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago

Half Acre Beer Co. Chicago

Revolution Brewing Chicago

Two Brothers Brewing Co. Warrenville

Indiana Sun King Brewing Indianapolis

Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster

Upland Brewing Co. Bloomington

Kansas Tallgrass Brewing Co. Manhattan

Kentucky Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Lexington

Louisiana Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs

Maine Allagash Brewing Co. Portland

Baxter Brewing Co. Lewiston

Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland

Maryland DuClaw Brewing Co. Baltimore

Evolution Craft Brewing Co. Salisbury

Flying Dog Brewing Co. Frederick

Heavy Seas Beer Baltimore

Massachusetts Berkshire Brewing Co. South Deerfield

Boston Beer Co. Boston

Cisco Brewers Nantucket

Harpoon Brewery Boston

Ipswich Ale Brewery Ipswich

Jack’s Abby Brewing Framingham

Lord Hobo Brewing Co. Woburn

Night Shift Brewing Everett

Notch Brewing Salem

Tree House Brewing Co. Charlton,

Trillium Brewing Co. Boston

Wachusett Brewing Co. Westminster

Wormtown Brewery Worcester

Michigan Atwater Brewing Co. Detroit

Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Galesburg

CANarchy Comstock

A-5 Michigan (cont.) Founders Brewing Co. Grand Rapids

New Holland Brewing Co. Holland

Shorts Brewing Co. Bellaire

Minnesota August Schell Brewing Co. New Ulm

Bent Paddle Brewing Co. Duluth

Fulton Beer Minneapolis

Granite City Food & Brewery Maple Grove

Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul

Surly Brewing Co. Minneapolis

Third Street Brewhouse Cold Spring

Missouri 4 Hands Brewing Co. St. Louis AB InBev St. Louis

Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City

Schlafly Beer Maplewood

Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. St. Louis

Montana Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula Kettlehouse Brewing Co. Missoula

New Hampshire AB InBev Merrimack

Redhook Ale Brewery, Inc. Portsmouth

Smuttynose Brewing Co. Portsmouth

New Jersey AB InBev Newark

Flying Fish Brewing Co. Somerdale

New Mexico Marble Brewery Albuquerque

Santa Fe Brewing Co. Santa Fe

New York AB InBev Baldwinsville

Blue Point Brewing Co. Patchogue

Brewery Ommegang Cooperstown

Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn

Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Elmsford

Genesee Brewing Co. Rochester

Ithaca Beer Co. Ithaca

The Matt Brewing Co. Utica

Montauk Brewing Co. Montauk

Sixpoint Brewery Brooklyn

Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood

Olde Saratoga Brewing Co. Saratoga Springs

North Carolina Aviator Brewing Co. Fuquay Varina

CANarchy Brevard

Catawba Brewing Morganton

Foothills Brewing Co. Winston Salem

Highland Brewing Co. Ashville

LoneRider Brewing Co. Raleigh

Natty Green’s Brewing Co Greensboro

New Belgium Brewing Co. Asheville

NoDa Brewing Co. Charlotte

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Charlotte

Red Oak Brewing Co. Whitsett

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Mills River

Wicked Weed Brewing Ashville

Ohio AB InBev Columbus

Boston Beer Co. Cincinnati

Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. Cincinnati

Columbus Brewing Co. Columbus Fat Head’s Brewery & Tap House Middleburg Heights

A-6 Ohio (cont.) Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland

MadTree Brewing Cincinnati

MillerCoors, LLC Trenton

Platform Beer Co. Cleveland

Rhinegeist Brewing Cincinnati

Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. Akron

Oklahoma Choc Beer Co. Krebs

Oregon 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Bend

Boneyard Beer Co. Bend

Breakside Brewery & Taproom Portland

Bridgeport Brewing Co. Portland

Crux Fermentation Project Bend

Deschutes Brewing Co. Bend

Fort George Brewery Astoria

Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River

GoodLife Brewing Co.

Bend

Hop Valley Brewing Co.

McM

Springfield

McMenamins Breweries Portland

Ninkasi Brewing Co. Eugene

Pelican Brewing Co. Pacific City

pFriem Family Brewers Hood River

Pyramid Breweries Portland

Rogue Ales Newport

Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland

Pennsylvania Boston Beer Co. Breinigsville

City Brewing Co. Latrobe

D.G. Yuengling Son, Inc. Pottsville

The Lion Brewery, Inc. Wilkes-Barre

Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Croydon

Sly Fox Brewing Co. Pottstown

Straub Brewery, Inc. St. Mary’s

Susquehanna Brewing Co. Pittston

Trőegs Brewing Co. Harrisburg

Victory Brewing Co. Downingtown

Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Easton

Yards Brewing Co. Philadelphia

Rhode Island Narragansett Brewing Co. Providence

South Carolina Palmetto Brewing Co. Charleston

Westbrook Brewing Co. Mt. Pleasant

Tennessee City Brewing Co. Memphis

Wiseacre Brewing Co. Memphis

Yazoo Brewing Co. Nashville

Texas AB InBev Houston

Austin Beerworks Austin

BJ’s Chicago Pizza & Brewery Temple

Community Beer Co. Dallas

Deep Ellum Brewing Co. Dallas

Independence Brewing Co. Austin,

Karbach Brewing Co. Houston

Live Oak Brewing co. Del Valle

MillerCoors, LLC Fort Worth

Rahr and Sons Brewing Co. Fort Worth

Real Ale Brewing Co. Blanco

Revolver Brewing Granbury

A-7 Texas (cont.) Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Houston

Spoetzl Brewery, Inc. Shiner

Utah CANarchy Salt Lake City

Epic Brewing Co. Salt Lake City

Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City

Vermont The Alchemist Stowe

Fiddlehead Brewing Co. Shelburne

Harpoon Brewery Windsor

Long Trail Brewing Co. Bridgewater Corners

Magic Hat Brewing Co. South Burlington

Virginia AB InBev Williamsburg

Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Lexington

MillerCoors, LLC Elkton

Port City Brewing Co. Alexandria

Starr Hill Brewing Co. Crozet

Stone Brewing Richmond

Washington Bale Breaker Brewing Co. Yakima

Elysian Brewing Co. Seattle

Fremont Brewing Co. Seattle

Georgetown Brewing Co. Seattle

Iron Horse Brewery Ellensburg

Mac and Jack’s Brewery Redmond

Pyramid Breweries Seattle

RAM Restaurant & Brewery Lakewood

Redhook Ale Brewery Woodinville

Silver City Brewery Silverdale

Wisconsin Ale Asylum Madison

Capitol Brewing Co. Middleton

Central Waters Brewery Amherst

City Brewing Co. La Crosse

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Chippewa Falls

Lakefront Brewery Inc. Milwaukee

MillerCoors, LLC Milwaukee

Milwaukee Premiium Brewing Co. Milwaukee

Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe

New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus

Rhinelander Brewing Co. Rhinelander

Sprecher Brewing Co. Glendale

Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point

Wisconsin Brewing Co. Verona

Wyoming Melvin Brewing Co. Alpine 1 Breweries with production of 15,000 barrels or more in 2017.

A-8 MALTING PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES1

STATE COMPANY CITY Alabama Old South Malt House Birmingham

Arizona Sinagua Malt Camp Verde

California Adams Grain Co. Arbuckle

Admiral Maltings Alameda

California Malting Co. Santa Ynez

Eckert Malting & Brewing Co. Chico

Grizzly Malt Santa Rosa

Watermark Farms West Sacramento

Colorado Colorado Malting Company Alamosa

Grouse Malting & Roasting Co. Wellington

Leopold Bros. Distilling Denver

MillerCoors, LLC Golden

Proximity Malt Monte Vista

Root Shoot Malting Loveland

Troubador Maltings LLC Ft. Collins

Connecticut Rooster Malt Co. Newtown

Thrall Family Malt Windsor

Yankee Malting Willington

Delaware Proximity Malt Laurel

Georgia Lone Pine Malting Snellville

Idaho AB InBev Idaho Falls

Great Western Malting Co. Pocatello

Hillside Ranch Malt Hailey

InteGrow Malt Idaho Falls

Mountain Malt Idaho Falls

Illinois Duffin Station Malthouse Sugar Grove

Heartland Malting Normal

Mammoth Malt Thawville

Meyers Malting Roscoe

Indiana Academy Malt Co. Indianapolis

Sugar Creek Malt Co. Lebanon

Iowa Black Gold Malt Farm Cascade

Kansas Amber Waves Malt Garden Plains

Kansas Craft Malt Quinter

Kentucky South Fork Malthouse Cynthiana

Maine Blue Ox Malthouse Lisbon Falls

Maine Craft Distilling Portland

Maine Malt House Mapleton

Maryland Amber Fields Malting & Brewing Keymar

Chesapeake Malting Havre de Grace

Dark Cloud Malthouse Cooksville

Mullinix Malting Gleneg

Massachusetts Stone Path Malt Wareham

Turner Hill Malting Edgemont

Valley Malt Hadley

Michigan Arrowhead Malt House LLC Spring Arbor

Artisan Malts LLC Sault Ste. Marie

Emergent Malt Zeeland

Empire Malting Co. Empire

Fedora Malthouse DeWitt

Great Lakes Malting Co. Traverse City

Koops’ Malt Haus Mount Pleasant

A-9 Michigan (cont.) Macon Creek Malt Saline

Mitten State Malt Okemos

Motorcity Malt House LLC Macomb

Mushroom Head Malts Saranac

Superior Malt Escanaba

U.P. Malt Company Marquette

Valley View Farm LLC East Jordon

Minnesota Able Seedhouse & Brewery Minneapolis

AB InBev Moorhead

Malteurop North America Winona

Maltwerks Detroit Lakes

Rahr Malting Company Shakopee

Vertical Malt Fisher

Missouri Gateway Custom Malt Montgomery City

Kinsman Malt Kansas City

Sparrow Malting Ozark

Montana Big Sky Malts Bozeman

Farm Power Malt Power

Gallatin Valley Malt Bozeman

Malteurop North America Great Falls

Montana Craft Malt Butte

Nebraska Nebraska Malt Lincoln

Missouri Valley Malt Bellevue

Nevada Bently Heritage Estate Distillery Reno

Frey Ranch Estate Distillery Fallon

Rebel Malt Reno

New Jersey Rabbit Hill Farms Shiloh

New York 1886 Maltings Fulton

Argyle Craft Malt & Hops Argyle

Black Dirt Malt Pine Island

Convergence Craft Albany

Farmhouse Malt Newark Valley

Hillrock Estate Distillery Ancram

Hudson Valley Malt Germantown

Murmuration Malts Bloomfield

New York Craft Malt Batavia

Niagara Malt Cambria

Pioneer Malting Rochester

Subversive Malting & Brewing Catham

North Carolina Carolina Malt House Cleveland

Epiphany Craft Malt Durham

Riverbend Malt House Ashville

North Dakota Two Track Malting Bismarck

Ohio Barley Five Malt House Columbus Grove

Haus Malts Cleveland

Little Miami Farms Spring Valley

Ohio Malting Company Wakeman

Origin Malts Cortland

Rustic Brew Farm Marysville

Sweet Acres Malt New Vienna

West Branch Malts Brunswick

Yarian Quality Malts New Waterford

Oklahoma Native Malt House Tulsa

A-10 Oregon Christensen Farms Malting Co. McMinnville

Gold Rush Malt LLC Baker City

High Desert Malt & Grain, Inc. Bend

Mecca Grade Estate Malt Madras

Mountain Malting Bend

Rogue Ales Farmstead Malthouse Newport

Tiller Malt Portland

Pennsylvania Appalachian Malting Portage

C’N’C Malting Company Butler

Deer Creek Malthouse Glen Mills

Double Eagle Malt Philadelphia

Sprague Farm and Brew Works Venango

Tennessee Corsair Artisan Distillery Nashville

Volunteer Mission Malt Murfreesboro

Texas Blacklands Malt Leander

Maverick Malt House Vega

TexMalt Fort Worth

Utah Solstice Malt Salt Lake City

Vermont Peterson Quality Malt Monkton

Slow Hand Malting Hinesburg

Virginia Copper Fox Distillery & Maltings Sperryville

Foster Malt Suffolk

Mount Gilead Malt Lovettsville

Murphy & Rude Malting Co. Charlottesville

Washington Great Western Malting Company Vancouver

LINC Foods (Palouse Pint Malt) Spokane

Mainstem Malt Walla Walla

Skagit Valley Malting Mt Vernon

Wisconsin Autumn Moon Farm Belleville

Malteurop North America Milwaukee

Briess Malt & Ingredients Company Chilton

Briess Malt & Ingredients Company Manitowoc

Briess Malt & Ingredients Company Waterloo

Cargill Malt Sheboygan

Wyoming Wyoming Malting Co. Pine Bluffs

Wyoming High Desert Malt Powell 1 Malt plants operating or under construction.

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USDA-ARS US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative

Programmatic $5.55 Million FY2020 Funding Request

USDA-ARS Salaries and Expenses

Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab), is the most serious disease threat facing wheat and

barley, impacting production throughout most of the US. Scab related losses to farmers,

food processors, and brewers run in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Losses to

farmers take the form of lower yield, reduced grain quality, price discounts, sale as

lower valued feed barley, or no sale at all, due to the presence of deoxynivalenol (DON

or vomitoxin). The Fusarium fungus, that causes FHB, produces this mycotoxin and

causes other grain quality issues, resulting in losses to the national barley and wheat

supply chain of growers, processors, and end users.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees thank

Congress for funding the USDA-ARS US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative at $9.45

Million for FY2019.

We also thank Congress for language in the 2018 Farm Bill that increases

authorization for USDA-ARS scab research from $10.0 Million/Year to $15.0

Million/Year, and limits indirect costs for USWBSI research grants to 10%, to

enhance and accelerate efforts to address this disease threat.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees request:

(A) Funding of $5.55 Million for the US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative

(USWBSI) to bring appropriated funding levels to the $15 Million authorized in

the 2018 Farm Bill.

The accomplishments of the US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative are summarized in the

USWBSI Impact Statement following this document. Substantial progress has been

realized, however much work remains to be done and additional funding is needed to

meet the mission and objectives of the USWBSI, and address the substantial economic

threat scab poses to the US agricultural economy.

A 2017 economic study “Economic Impact of USWBSI’s Scab Initiative to Reduce

Fusarium Head Blight” Agribusiness and Applied Economics No. 774, September 2017

(https://scabusa.org/pdfs/AAE774.pdf) determined that for every $1 invested by the

USWBSI there were $71 in benefits.

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Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

SEC. 7303. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES OF WHEAT,

TRITICALE, AND BARLEY CAUSED BY FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM OR BY

TILLETIA INDICA.

(a) RESEARCH GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture may make

grants to consortia of land-grant colleges and universities to enhance the ability of the

consortia to carry out multi-State research projects aimed at understanding and

combating diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum

and related fungi (referred to in this section as ‘‘wheat scab’’) or by Tilletia indica and

related fungi (referred to in this section as ‘‘Karnal bunt’’).

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

appropriated to carry out this section—

(1) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013;

(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018; and

(3) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

(f) LIMITATION ON INDIRECT COSTS.—A recipient of a grant under this section

may not use more than 10 percent of the funds provided by the grant for the indirect

costs of carrying out the initiatives described in subsection (a).

From FY98 to FY03, Congress incrementally increased funding for the USWBSI to $6.7 million/year,

with no subsequent additions until FY2017 and FY2018, which brought total funding to $9.45

million/year for the research grant program and ARS base funding at locations conducing scab

research. The mission of the USWBSI is to enhance food safety and supply by reducing the impact of

scab on barley and wheat. The Initiative is the consortium of land-grant colleges and universities

authorized in the farm bill, in partnership with USDA-ARS scientists and research locations

throughout the US. The USWBSI grower, researcher, and industry stakeholders provide annual

recommendations to ARS for this mission directed competitive grant program.

As a competitive grant program, the projects funded change each year, and are usually in states with

university or ARS scientists with ongoing research programs that address scab. However, the grant

program is open to any talented US scientist, in any state, that wants to help in the efforts to address

this disease.

For FY2018 and FY2019, the USWBSI recommended that ARS provide $6.27 million/year in

research grants (includes indirect costs) to state university and ARS scientists in 31 states (AL, AR,

CA, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA,

SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI), for over 100 individual research projects each year.

B-3 History of Congressional programmatic appropriation increases for scab research.

$ 500,000 FY1998

$3,000,000 FY1999

$1,800,000 FY2000

$ 800,000 FY2001

$ 600,000 FY2003

$2,000,000 FY2017

$ 750,000 FY2018

$ 0 FY2019

$9,450,000 TOTAL/YEAR*

* $6.268 million/year net to USWBSI competitive grant program; the remainder was allocated to ARS

base funding at locations conducting research on scab and 10% ARS overhead.

Scab continues to be an ongoing and serious problem in those areas of the US where the disease is

established. Each year, weather conditions throughout the US favor scab outbreaks that negatively

impact yields and result in high levels of the mycotoxin DON in grain that is rejected by elevators,

mills, maltsters, and brewers. These epidemics cause disruptions in food and feed supply, economic

losses to growers, and increased costs for end users. The intransigence of this disease requires a

sustained and increased multi-faceted approach and much work remains to be done to meet the

mission of the USWBSI and address the substantial economic threat scab poses to US barley and

wheat stakeholders, and the agricultural economy.

Scab threatens new markets for growers that produce local malting barley to supply the rapidly

growing craft malting, brewing, and distilling industries outside traditional US malting barley

production areas. Growers and maltsters are working to meet the strong demand for “in state” barley

malt for brewers to produce beer brands made with local grain and hops. The disease is also spreading

farther west into states like Idaho and Montana where scab had not been previously a problem.

The national malting industry, with plants in CO, ID, MN, MT, WA, and WI has been joined by

new regional maltsters in those states and AL, AZ, CA, CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, IA, MA, MD, ME,

MA, MI, MO, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WY. Scab is a

serious threat to many of these job-creating large and small businesses and the growers who are

producing barley to supply them.

The additional programmatic funding of $5.55 million requested is proposed to be allocated 50% to

the USWBSI research grant program and 50% in permanent base funding increases to ARS locations

conducting scab and supporting research.

Increased funding for the multi-institutional and multi-discipline directed competitive grant

program of the USWBSI, will enhance research in states currently receiving funding and allow

continued expansion to other states where research is needed. The increased funding will be utilized

for research to accelerate breeding of resistant varieties, including utilization of cutting-edge genomic

technology, improved disease management practices, research infrastructure in emerging areas, and

enhancement of DON testing.

For increases in base funding increases to ARS locations conducting scab or supporting research,

ARS and the USWBSI Executive Committee (comprised of grower, researcher, and industry

stakeholders), determines where that funding is allocated.

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USDA-ARS Small Grains Genomic Initiative

FY2020 $940,000 Programmatic Funding Increase

USDA-ARS Salaries and Expenses

It is imperative that efforts to address national genomic,

phenomic, and breeding needs for US crops include enhanced

resources for USDA-ARS small grains (barley, oats, and wheat) research programs that

keep small grains viable crops and continue their substantial contributions to the

agricultural economy.

The National Barley and National Wheat Improvement Committees thank Congress

for providing a $1.0 Million increase in FY2019 for the ARS Small Grains Genomic

Initiative, raising funding to $2.5 Million/year. For FY2020, the NBIC and NWIC

request:

Increased funding of $940,000 for the ARS Small Grains Genomic Initiative (SGGI)

to bring appropriated levels to the total $3.44 million requested by the National

Barley & Wheat Improvement Committees.

Next Generation Genotyping ($116,000)– Funding from the SGGI is enabling the

four ARS Small Grains Regional Genotyping Laboratories (SGRGL - Fargo, ND; Manhattan, KS;

Raleigh, NC; Pullman, WA) to meet their mission through national, multi-institutional collaborations

with barley, oat, and wheat researchers, to apply genomics information and DNA marker technologies to

small grains improvement. In order to counter threats to the nation’s crops from diseases, insects, and

changing climates, while increasing yields and crop quality, and improving our position in the world

marketplace, plant breeders must be equipped with the genotypic data that give them rapid access to

traits of value and introgression into improved varieties.

Developments in DNA sequencing technologies have led to new genotyping methods that have the

potential to revolutionize crop breeding. Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) is one such method, but it is

unavailable to the SGRGLs due to licensing and patent issues. Therefore, the SGRGLs are in the process

of developing alternate high-throughput genotyping methods based on target sequencing of amplicons

using techniques that do not infringe on the GBS patent, which is a process that requires substantial

resources. The SGRGLs, created with funding by Congress and implemented by the USDA-ARS over

15 years ago, are the best vehicles to develop and apply the new “Big Data” technology for wheat,

barley, and oat improvement programs in the U.S. Because of the SGRGLs’ regional and market-class

focus, the four laboratories can effectively address priority traits and yield constraints for specific

production areas.

Objective: Deploy and maintain next-generation genotyping capability in all USDA-ARS Regional

Genotyping Laboratories (Fargo, ND; Raleigh, NC; Manhattan, KS; Pullman, WA).

Impact: The application of next-generation technology will improve:

• resistance to Fusarium head blight (scab) in wheat and barley

• yield and disease resistance in barley, while maintaining malting quality

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• yield and disease resistance in wheat, while maintaining end-use quality

• grain protein content in wheat using genes from Triticum dicoccoides

• durable resistance to rust diseases, and powdery mildew

• yield and tolerance to heat and drought in wheat, oats, and barley

• winter survival in winter wheat, barley, and oats.

• water and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat and barley

The future success of the SGRGLs hinges on generating vast amounts of genotypic data that are easily

interpreted and immediately useful for breeding programs. The billions of DNA sequence reads

generated from high-throughput genotyping projects each year require significant effort to process and

compile data useful for downstream analyses by collaborators, including QTL mapping, gene cloning,

genome-wide association analysis, and calculation of genomic estimated breeding values. These labs

require bioinformatics expertise and specialists to work with the scientists generating the data and

coordinate data across labs. The results will include a unified high throughput genotyping pipeline and

database as well as a comprehensive set of software tools to assist breeders to take full advantage of the

data.

Next Generation Phenomics ($597,000) - In this age of modern genomics, substantial

resources have been directed at utilizing cutting edge DNA technologies for genotyping, but adequate

resources for the phenotyping (measurable characterization) of barley, oat, and wheat traits are also

needed to provide the complete phenomic profiles to efficiently and successfully breed improved

varieties.

High throughput barley, oat, and wheat quality phenotyping of experimental lines is

critical to the development of varieties by US public sector small grains breeding programs. Barley, oat,

and wheat varieties developed with the aid of genomic technology without the required quality

characteristics desired by domestic and export market end-users are of no value.

Quality phenotyping (analyses) of malting barley lines is conducted for US public sector breeding

programs at one ARS location, the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit (CCRU), Madison, WI.

The CCRU also conducts molecular biology and genetic research to support improvement of the malting

and nutritional quality of barley, and develop new technologies for quality evaluation.

Malting barley is a very high risk crop with many factors that can result in a failed crop, including

diseases; preharvest sprouting; drought and/or heat stress; and winter kill of fall sown barley. Research

is needed to develop varieties with traits that mitigate these production risk factors to increase malting

barley acceptance rates. That is a winning combination for growers, end-users, and the US agricultural

economy. The CCRU is at the forefront in basic research that will help barley breeders develop new

malting barley varieties to address these issues with funding from this initiative.

The four USDA-ARS Wheat Quality Laboratories (WQLs) (Fargo, ND; Manhattan, KS; Pullman,

WA; Wooster, OH) conduct wheat quality research through four strategically-located regional

laboratories as part of the National Program in Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products. Each

WQL focuses on wheat types commonly grown in its region.

Wheat research and improvement are rapidly changing through next generation sequencing, gene

editing, RNA/transcriptome sequencing, a draft sequence of the wheat genome, remote sensing, reduced

input agriculture and doubled haploids. Wheat grain and flour quality research must take advantage of

these new, cutting edge technologies. However, sufficient resources have not been provided to the wheat

quality laboratories to keep them functional, and increase capacities to meet the wheat quality research

C3 and phenotyping needs of the US wheat industry. Funding from the SGGI is providing needed resources

to enable the wheat quality laboratories to meet their missions.

ARS coordinated national and regional Uniform Small Grains Nurseries ($88,000) provide small grains breeders throughout the US with invaluable phenotypic data for many agronomic

traits (e.g. yield, kernel plumpness, test weight, lodging, disease resistance, etc.) that must be optimized

in new small grain varieties to provide economic value to growers and end-users. Funding supports

ARS coordinated nurseries in Aberdeen, ID; Fargo, ND; Lincoln, NE; Pullman, WA;

Raleigh, NC; and St. Paul, MN.

Doubled Haploid Research & Production ($139,000) - A biotechnology

technique applied to barley and wheat variety development that does not involve genetic modification, is

doubled haploid (DH) line production. This technique substantially accelerates the breeding of new

varieties. Funding is needed to provide US public sector barley and wheat breeding programs with DH

production services, improve DH technology, and foster regional and national genomic and breeding

research collaborations accelerated with DH technology.

Variety development is a long-term process that requires multiple cycles of self-pollination to achieve

complete genetic homozygosity. A variety is said to be homozygous when identical alleles (copies) of

each gene are present on all chromosomes. Barley and wheat varietal purity and efficient molecular

breeding require complete homozygosity. Doubled haploid production leads to complete homozygosity

in a single generation, thus bypassing the complications of field, greenhouse, or off-season generation

advance, thereby substantially accelerating the breeding of new varieties.

Extramural funding from the SGGI is enabling US public sector barley breeding programs to

conduct collaborative DH assisted targeted research with the barley breeding and genetics program at

Oregon State University, Corvallis, to accelerate the development of improved malting barley

varieties.

For US public sector wheat breeding programs, it enables collaborative DH assisted targeted research

with the wheat breeding and genetics program at North Carolina State University.

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OBJECTIVES

A. Serve as a national forum for discussion of matters important

to barley research, production and utilization.

B. Serve in an information distribution capacity to all persons

interested in barley.

C. Identify national and regional priorities and encourage their

adoption and proper funding.

D. Serve in an advisory capacity as is appropriate to national or regional groups.

STRUCTURE: The NBIC consists of members from various regions and at-large categories. The

number of representatives per region was determined on the basis of barley acreage per region.

Barley workers from each region elect their own representatives. Representatives from the at-large

categories may either be elected or appointed by the particular category involved. The NBIC may

recognize a particular organization as representative of an at-large category and ask that organization

to elect or appoint a representative to the NBIC.

REGION NUMBER OF

OR CATEGORY AREA OR SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES

NORTHWEST Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming 3

NORTH CENTRAL Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, 3

North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

EAST Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 1

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,

North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee,

Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia

SOUTHWEST Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah 1

SOUTH CENTRAL/ Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, 1

SOUTHEAST Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina,

and Texas

AT-LARGE Malting & Brewing Industries 5

Distilling Industry 1

Feed Barley Industry 1

Food Barley Industry 1

Barley Marketing 1

Barley Growers

Idaho Barley Commission 1

Minnesota Barley Research & Promotion Council 1

Montana Wheat & Barley Committee 1

North Dakota Barley Council 1

Oregon 1

Washington Grain Commission 1

East Region 1

South Central/Southeast Region 1

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TOTAL 26

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NATIONAL BARLEY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

March, 2019

MEMBERS REGION/CATEGORY/TERM

Mr. Gary Beck, Chair BARLEY GROWERS

8050 Highway 66 North Dakota Barley Council

Munich, ND 58352

701-682-5546/701-370 2006 (cell)

gary.beck@ndbarley.net

Dr. Andrew Friskop, Vice Chair NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Department of Plant Pathology April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2021

North Dakota State University

PO Box 6050

Fargo, ND 58108-6050

701-231-7627

andrew.j.friskop@ndsu.edu

Dr. Michael Davis, Executive Secretary MALTING, BREWING, DISTILLING

740 N. Plankinton Ave., Suite 830 INDUSTRIES

Milwaukee, WI 53203 American Malting Barley Association

414-272-4640; 414-218-8806 (cell)

mike@ambainc.org

Dr. Eric J. Stockinger NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Department of Horticulture and Crop Science April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2019

The Ohio State University/OARDC

1680 Madison Ave

Wooster OH 44691

330-263-3876

stockinger.4@osu.edu

Ms. Mary-Jane Maurice NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Malteurop North America April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2020

3830 W. Grant Street

Milwaukee, WI 53215

414-649-0255

MaryJane.Maurice@malteurop.com

Dr. Pat Hayes NORTHWEST REGION

Department of Crop & Soil Science April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2019

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331

541-737-5878

patrick.m.hayes@oregonstate.edu

Dr. Brigid Meints NORTHWEST REGION

Department of Crop & Soil Science

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331

541-231-6747

brigid.meints@oregonstate.edu

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Dr. Jamie Sherman NORTHWEST REGION

Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology Department April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2020

Montana State University

Bozeman, MT 59717

406-994- 5055

jsherman@montana.edu

Dr. Juliet Marshall NORTHWEST REGION

University of Idaho April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2021

Idaho Falls Research & Extension Center

1776 Science Center Drive Suite 205

Idaho Falls, ID 83402

208-529-8376

jmarshall@uidaho.edu

Dr. Heather Darby EAST REGION

University of Vermont & State Agricultural College April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2019

278 S. Main Street

St. Albans, VT 05478

802-524-6501

Heather.Darby@uvm.edu

Mr. Wade Malchow SOUTHWEST REGION

MillerCoors April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2019

1742 South 4th Road

Huntley, MT 59037

Molson Coors

Golden, CO 80401

406-348-2252

wade.malchow@millercoors.com

Mr. Corey Mosher BARLEY GROWERS

Mosher Farms East Region

3214 Fargo Road

Bouckville, NY 13310

315-750-9035

mosher.corey@gmail.com

Mr. Mike Wilkins BARLEY GROWERS

170 N. 500 W. Idaho Barley Commission

Rupert, ID 83350

208-431-5606

mwilkins@pmt.org

Mr. Brian Lacey BARLEY GROWERS

33157 320th Avenue Minnesota Barley Research &

Wendell, MN 56590 Promotion Council

218-458-2595

bdlacey@runestone.net

Mr. Mike O’Hara BARLEY GROWERS

128 Rockin LV Lane Montana Wheat & Barley Committee

Fort Benton, MT 59442

406-899-6903

oharafarms@3rivers.net

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Mr. Ben Barstow BARLEY GROWERS

13201 SR 272 Washington Grain Commission

Palouse, WA 99161

bbarstow@palouse.com

509-878-1742/509-330-0352 (cell)

Ms. Mary Palmer-Sullivan BARLEY GROWERS

Washington Grain Commission

2702 W. Sunset Blvd

Spokane, WA 99224

(509) 456-2481

mary@wagrains.org

Ms. Jennifer Blair MALTING INDUSTRY

12 Gerber Road Craft Maltsters Guild

Suite C

Asheville, NC 28803

704-819-7821

director@craftmalting.com

Mr. Chris Swersey BREWING INDUSTRY

1327 Spruce Street Brewers Association

Boulder, CO 80302

303-447-0816 X154

chris@brewersassociation.org

Mr. Chuck Skypeck BREWING INDUSTRY

Brewers Association

1327 Spruce Street

Boulder, CO 80302

720-473-7699

chuck@brewersassociation.org

Mr. Damon Scott BREWING INDUSTRY

Brewers Association

1327 Spruce Street

Boulder, CO 80302

303-447-0356

damon@brewersassociation.org

Mr. Scott E. Heisel MALTING, BREWING, DISTILLING

American Malting Barley Association INDUSTRIES

740 N. Plankinton Ave., Suite 830

Milwaukee, WI 53203

414-272-4640/414-510-4472 (cell)

scott@ambainc.org

Mr. Scott Dorsch BREWING INDUSTRY

Odell Brewing Company

800 East Lincoln Avenue

Fort Collins Colorado 80524

970-214-4978

scottdorsch@odellbrewing.com

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Ms. Elizabeth Rhoades DISTILLING INDUSTRY

Diageo

24460 W. 143rd Street

Plainfield, IL 60544

815-267-4738; 919-995-1950 (cell)

elizabeth.rhoades@diageo.com