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Barley

Barley

Barley is one of the oldest domesticated crops having been first recorded in cultivation in prehistoric times.

The grain is covered by an outer seed coat that covers the bran layer, a large starchy endosperm, and an oil-containing germ. The hull and bran are removed by a process called pearling. Once pearled it can be further processed to flour, semolina or flakes.

Barley flakes are ideal ingredients for muesli – or even an excellent replacement for oat flakes – they are sweeter with a lower fat content. Try making 'granola' - lightly toast with a few raisins, a drizzle of honey, sunflower or pumpkin seeds and perhaps some nuts.

Flakes need to breath, please open bags directly after arrival.

All Barley products are BioGro certified
Dinkel / Spelt

Dinkel / Spelt

Dinkel (triticum spelta) has been grown on the farm for some 20 years, in fact Milmore Downs pioneered this crop and its demanding processing requirements. The old variety used ensures excellent quality. As an ancient grain it relates to wheat. It was previously widely grown in Europe but due to its low yield and difficult growing characteristics it has mostly been replaced by modern wheat.

Although Dinkel contains as much gluten as wheat its gluten (protein) molecule has a different composition, which is why many people who are allergic to wheat can eat Dinkel. If you have a wheat allergy though you may or may not be able to eat Dinkel. Just try a small amount first.

Dinkel flour is a wonderful easily digestible product having a pleasant nutty taste. It can be used for bread but also for the full range of baking (cakes and biscuits, scones, pizza bases...) in exactly the same way as ordinary wheat flour though the bread dough may take longer to rise.
Flakes need to breath, please open bags directly after you got them.

All spelt / Dinkel products are BioGro* certified.

Rye

Rye

Rye grows much better in cooler and drier regions than wheat, and also performs well on sandy soils. Rye is a 'light' germinator needing to be sown shallowly into a well prepared seed bed. Compaction or wet feet have a severe effect on rye and yields can slump dramatically if such conditions arise. It is wind pollinated to a substantial degree. This allows the introduction of outside lines which become 'integrated' over subsequent generations –
the rye variety on Milmore Downs has developed over 30 years from four main seed sources.

Our rye is popular because it bakes well (typically falling number values are high). However, the baking qualities of rye flour are fundamentally different to those of wheat. This is due to the enzyme constituents - rye flour has amylum destructive amylases which hinders raising and therefore it needs to be baked using sourdough as the raising agent. Pumpernickel, made solely from rye flour and kibbled rye is a well known type of rye bread, but very often rye is mixed into bread made with other grains.

Our rye flour is a wholemeal flour and milled in Zentrofan mills which produced a very finely milled flour. Learn more about our grain processing.

Flakes need to breath, please open bags directly after you got them.

All rye products are BioGro* certified
Buy Our Grain Products

Buy Our Grain Products

Milmore Downs and partner farms specialise in quality organic grain production.
We grow, harvest and process several varieties, all of which are available for purchase from this website.
Milling Seconds

Milling Seconds

by-product from white flour production, contains bran. Chooks love it stirred to a porridge
$30.00  25kg

Xmas not too far away


Xmas is almost upon us and after a challenging year we are looking forward to taking Xmas R & R. As such our site will be closed from midday Thursday 23rd of December to Friday 7th of January 2022. Please ensure that you have your December requirements to us as early in December as possible. Thanks a lot for the wonderful cooperation.
Warm regards from the Milmore Downs Team
November 20, 2021

Courier charges and information

We are using Castle Parcles/Poste Haste
Courier charges 
All courier weights are unfortunately gross weights (incl. about 0.5% packaging weight), courier companies are very strict. We will do our best for you and go to the limit! The steps for different weights are
2kg ($11), 5kg ($14), 15kg ($18), 25kg ($26). Mixed bags can be max 4kg, 14kg, 24 kg!!!
Orders for Waiheke Island can be send to KB Distrubutors ($23 + GST/up to 25 kg charge for forwarding to the Island). 

If you order more than 150 kg, please write an email to milmoredownsnz@gmail.com.

Additional Rural Charges: Up to 15kg $8, 16-25kg $16. You may be able to avoid RD charges by collecting your delivery from one of the courier drop off points http://www.posthaste.co.nz/contact_us.html near you (when you order please write the full address of the drop off point as your delivery address).

Note:
Since we live 80 km away from a courier drop off point, we aim to reduce our environmental impact by making sure that the vehicle taking couriers is reasonably full. As a result your order may have to wait a bit for the next courier run. Our main courier days are Mondays and Fridays. Thanks for your understanding. 

Dinkel Bread

Dinkel flour can be used in exactly the same way as wheat flour – just replace the flour in any recipe with Dinkel flour. It might soak up a bit more water. Dinkel flour does not like a lot of beating, better stir the dough gently.