大麦是本地区种植面积仅次于小麦的夏粮作物,因为大麦一般用作饲料,耕作比较粗放,产量不高,亩产仅100公斤左右。随着人们食品消费要求的逐步提高,近年啤酒工业不断发展,现襄樊市共有啤酒厂9个,年产啤酒8万吨,每年需麦芽1万吨,需啤酒大麦1.4万吨。目前全市除宜城啤酒厂能自产部分麦芽外,其余均靠外地购买,因此,发展啤酒大麦生产,就地生产麦芽是进一步发展啤酒工业的迫切需要。 Barley is the summer cereal crop next to wheat planted in the region. Because barley is generally used as feed, its cultivation is rather extensive and the yield is not high, only about 100 kg per mu. With the gradual improvement of people’s food consumption requirements, the beer industry has been developing in recent years. There are now 9 breweries in Xiangfan City, with an annual output of 80,000 tons of beer, 10,000 tons of malt and 14,000 tons of beer. At present, the city except Yicheng Brewery can produce part of the malt, the rest are purchased outside the field, therefore, the development of beer barley production, in-situ production of malt is the urgent need to further develop the beer industry.