RELATIONSHIPS
BARLEY AUSTRALIA
BBA works with Barley Australia, the peak body representing the Australian barley logistics, marketing and malting industry. BBA is committed to developing and maintaining a strong consultative relationship with Barley Australia and the broader Australian barley and malt/brewing industries.
Web site: www.barleyaustralia.com.au
REGIONAL BARLEY COUNCILS
Four Regional Barley Councils act as industry sounding boards for BBA.
The Councils are constituted from representatives of growers, farm agronomists, marketers, maltsters & brewers, the livestock feed industry, breeders, and researchers. Within their regional mandate, each Council monitors the progress of breeding lines from the time their potential is identified until release as a malting or feed variety.
The Councils integrate all information on a breeding line – quality, agronomy, disease
resistance, market potential – and can make a holistic assessment as to the merit
of a variety both on-
- Northern Region (Queensland and Northern NSW)
Contact: David Poulsen
07 4660 3611, kym.mcintyre@dpi.qld.gov.au - South-
Eastern Region (Southern NSW, Victoria)
Contact: David Moody
03 5362 0789, david.moody@dpi.vic.gov.au
- Southern Region (South Australia)
Contact: Greg Schulz
08 8832 2660, gmschulz@internode.on.net - Western Region (Western Australia)
Contact: Steve Tilbrook
08 9838 0065, ronland@wn.com.au