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NBGA Mission

To enhance and maintain the profitability of the US Barley Industry

We are dedicated to:

• Improving barley producer income through reduced costs, effective risk management tools, competitive market prices and an adequate federal safety net. 

• Developing new marketing opportunities for barley.

• Ensuring open and fair trading rules in global markets and eliminating unfair trading practices used by competitors.

• Reforming government regulations that impede barley producers’ ability to make a reasonable return.

• Keeping barley producers informed of programs, policies, regulations and activities that affect their livelihoods.

• Promoting cooperative efforts among barley state.

NGBA History

We work closely with federal policy and regulatory agencies and congressional offices to ensure that barley producers’ concerns are considered.

We coordinate our positions and priorities on research through the National Barley Improvement Committee (NBIC).  NBIC is a consortium of state barley check-off organizations, malting/brewing industry and university researchers dedicated to maintaining federal research funding for barley and malting barley programs.  NBIC is staffed by the American Malting Barley Association in Milwaukee, WI.

We are members of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), which is the international market development arm of the U.S. feed grains industry, representing corn, sorghum and barley.  USGC was formed in 1960 as a nonprofit “cooperator” of the USDA and maintains staff in Washington, D.C. and 11 overseas offices.  Market development programs are conducted in at least 50 foreign countries.  Barley projects included trade servicing, technical seminars and trade teams in Japan, Taiwan, China, Mexico, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa.