We usually plant our winter wheat at home in early to mid September so things are really starting to sneak up on us. The crew loads up again and heads north for our final wheat stop.

Carol Harper/The Morning Journal Bob Matus, Ohio Malting Company, Camden Township, grows barley for malting to be used for brewing beer. Two pounds of barley kernels such as these create one ...

“There’s this excitement and revitalization happening; we’ve been contributing to it and we’ll keep building with it.” Top photo: Floor-malting wheat at Blue Ox Malthouse, courtesy of Diane Shohet.

Fort Worth-based TexMalt uses traditional floor malting to prepare all Texas grains, including rye, barley and wheat, to be distributed to distillers and brewers. It's one of the only malting ...