The agricultural news article reports a significant increase in the cultivation of malting barley in the Yaroslavl region of Russia, with the sown area expanding by ten times in 2022 to over 2,000 hectares, resulting in a harvest of more than 8,000 tons. This growth is primarily due to a large crop production company's entry into the market, planting 1.8 thousand hectares of the Despina variety, and achieving a record yield of 65.5 q/ha. Local farmers are also increasing their malting barley production and experimenting with soybeans. The region is encouraging further expansion in malting barley cultivation, with the Yarpivo Brewery showing interest in purchasing from local farmers.