In Most people it causes massive amount of gas, which results in excessive flatulence.
Ask around. You may find some producers or farmers that have been harvesting barley that may have some for sale for you, or who may know a neighbour, friend or relative (and which may know people as well, and so on and so forth) who may be able to sell some to you. You can also find advertisements in local town/county classifieds, local or regional ag newspapers (like the Western Producer for most folks in Western Canada), online classifieds like Craigslist, Kijiji or even eBay, or even some farming websites will have classifieds for you to browse through.
North Dakota, Idaho, Washington and Montana are the top four barley-growing states of the US. Alberta and Saskatchewan (of Canada) are the major barley-producing provinces. You are very likely to run into some farmers that may be willing to sell you some barley straw if you look into these states and provinces.
A list of ten agricultural tools and their uses would include a plow for making seed channels, a tractor for pulling machinery, a combine for harvesting, a planter for seeding, a disc for breaking up the earth, a hoe for weeding, a rake for smoothing the soil, shears for shearing sheep, a baler for baling hay, and an operator to run the machinery.
barley has never been scientifically proven effective in ponds. This has never stopped retailers from claiming it is effective, however.
Instead of using barley, simply stock more plants.
Crops are generally grown in the growing season (from spring to fall) dependent upon the crop, of course. Most are planted in the spring and harvested in the fall, but that is a generalization.
It all depends on what kind of year it is. If the prices of crops or livestock are high and his crops or llivestock is healthy, then the farmer could be very rich. If the livestock and crops are unheathy and the markey is bad, then the farm could go bankrupt.
No. Barley is not wheat at all. Barley and wheat are two different species of cereal grasses belonging to the family Triticeae. Barley does belong in the wheat family, which is, as mentioned, Triticeae, but is of an entirely different species from wheat. The species name for barley is Hordeum vulgare, and the species name for wheat is Triticum aestivum. No doubt either look similar, but both are quite different from the other.
Barley is typically used for the production of beer, strong liquor and food. Barley grass can be juiced and is considered a superfood because it contains a lot of chlorophyll.
There is no one right answer for all horses regarding if certain grains are bad for them or not. Barley is considered to be fairly easily digested and provide a less sugary source of nutrition for horses than say, oats. However horses with certain metabolic issues should avoid starchy grains altogether. But if the horse has no issues and is in hard to heavy work then barley likely won't cause any problems if fed appropriately.
According to a feed table, (related link below), the energy level of each grain is the following (in Total Digestible Nutrients, not Digestible Energy):
Barley: 84%
Corn: 88%
Oats: 89%
Wheat: 88%
So, oats has the highest amount of energy for horses. Oats also has the highest Crude Fibre content (at 11%) than all other grains do. (Corn as CF of 2%, Barley of 5%, and Wheat of 3%).
Barley grows in rich dark soil. It Needs a lot of fertilizer.
In 1994 and 2003 they measured an average of around 320 million bushels a year.