Atlantic Barley Seed Certified (Hordeum vulgare) High-yield certified barley ideal for cover crops, forage, or grain. Adaptable to cool climates with fast growth and soil improvement.

Minimum: 300+ Seeds

Atlantic Barley is a certified, high-yielding barley variety trusted by growers for its versatility and performance in cool-season climates. Whether you're planting for cover cropping, livestock forage, or grain production, this hardy cereal grass delivers with fast germination, excellent biomass, and natural soil improvement.

Its quick growth and deep roots suppress weeds, prevent erosion, and improve tilth, making it a go-to for sustainable farm systems and regenerative rotations.

🌿 Why You’ll Love It:

• ✅ Certified & Reliable: Tested for purity and germination, ensuring consistent results

• 🚜 Multi-Purpose Crop: Use for grain, forage, silage, mulch, or green manure

• 🌱 Quick to Establish: Rapid early growth makes it a strong weed competitor

• ❄️ Cool Climate Resilient: Thrives in spring or fall plantings across temperate zones

• 🌾 Soil Builder: Boosts organic matter and improves soil health

• 🐄 Palatable Forage: Loved by cattle, goats, chickens, and more

🐄 Uses:

• 🌾 Grain Production: For malting, feed, or flour

• 🌱 Cover Crop: Controls weeds and prevents erosion

• 🐑 Forage & Silage: Excellent feed with good digestibility

• 🌿 Green Manure: Plow under to improve soil fertility

• 🌻 Companion Crop: Works well with legumes like peas or vetch for nitrogen fixing

📦 Planting Info:

• Botanical Name: Hordeum vulgare

• Seed Depth: 1–1.5 inches

• Spacing: Broadcast or 1–2 inches apart in rows

• Seeding Rate: 90–125 lbs/acre (broadcast), 60–90 lbs/acre (drilled)

• Germination: 5–10 days

• Days to Maturity (grain): ~90–100 days

• Zones: USDA 3–10 (spring or fall)

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil preferred

• Water Needs: Moderate; drought tolerant once established

🌱 Growing Tips:

• Plant in early spring or late summer/fall depending on use

• For forage, harvest at boot to early milk stage

• For grain, allow full maturity and harvest when dry

• Use in no-till systems or traditional till

• Pair with nitrogen fixers like clover or field peas for soil synergy

🌼 Bonus Ecosystem Benefit:

Barley fields act as temporary refuge for pollinators and beneficial insects. When paired with flowering cover crops or left to head out, it can increase habitat diversity and encourage a healthier agroecosystem.

Plant the foundation of a better field with certified Atlantic Barley, your soil, your animals, and your entire land will thank you.