AAC Madawaska barley

AAC Madawaska is a two-row spring feed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar with high grain yield and lodging resistance. AAC Madawaska was tested as CH2801-48 in the Maritime Two-Row Barley Registration and Recommendation Test and Ontario Barley Orthogonal Test in 2016 and 2017 before being registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The cultivar was released by the Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, in 2019. AAC Madawaska is recommended for barley growing areas in eastern Canada.