Southeast Idaho’s other crop sees market boom 
POSTED: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 10:01 AM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: Anheuser Busch, Barley, Great Western Malting, Grupo Modelo, Idaho Barley Commission, Idaho Falls
Idaho sealed its agricultural identity with its decades long “Famous Potatoes” marketing operation that has left most with the impression that the state is, in fact, a giant potato farm. But many farmers, particularly those in southeast Idaho, will heap praise on an unsung crop: barley. “Potatoes are Idaho’s lifeblood, but we would not have survived the [...]

