Barley pioneer Oliver Griffin dies aged 84
Barley pioneer Oliver Griffin dies aged 84 Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Oliver T Griffin, who died on April 6, aged 84, played a leading role in the remarkable expansion of barley cultivation in Scotland. The switch from oats to higher-value malting barley, which started more than 50 years ago transformed the profitability of Scottish arable farming. Oliver was one of the four founders of Moray Firth Maltings, now Bairds; indeed it wa...
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