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Home | KBS News | Cereal rye trials can help growers decide which varieties to grow for end use in distilled spirits

Cereal rye trials can help growers decide which varieties to grow for end use in distilled spirits

10.14.22 KBS News, Uncategorized

Cereal rye variety plots photographed in May at the Kellogg Biological Station. Photo by Brook Wilke.

Photo by Brook Wilke.

A recently published article based on a multi-year study aims to help growers and distillers select the best rye varieties for Michigan crops.

A team of scientists at Michigan State University, including Brook Wilke, associate director of agronomy for the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s Long-term Agroecology Research site, among others, has been evaluating cereal rye varieties at three different Michigan locations since the fall of 2019 to determine what varieties are best suited for end use in distilled spirits.

About the project

Cereal rye variety plots photographed in May at the Upper Peninsula location. Photo by James DeDecker.

Photo by James DeDecker.

In research plots at KBS in Hickory Corners and at sites in the Upper Peninsula town of Chatham and in Gratiot County, more than 20 varieties were evaluated for attributes including yield, protein content, spirit yield, and flavor, managed with either normal or enhanced practices. A report summarizing two years of trials details some of the findings.

The next steps in the ongoing project are to produce a subset of these rye varieties in larger quantities at multiple locations to facilitate higher volume spirit production, allowing professionally trained tasting panels to evaluate specific flavor profiles of unique varieties grown in different locations.

Read the full article.

Tags: agriculture, cereal rye, Kellogg Farm, research

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