Thirteen barley cultivars and breeding lines were grown in 2005 and 2006 and evaluated for forage yield and quality.  Bestford, a hooded six-rowed forage cultivar, had the greatest forage yield and relative feed value.  Neutral-detergent fiber of Bestford was the lowest of the entries.  Hays, a two-rowed forage cultivar, was closed to average yield but had significantly lower acid-detergent lignin and the greatest in vitro dry matter digestibility.  Bowman isolines with or without the orange lemma character were similar in forage yield and relative feed value, but the orange lemma isoline had less acid-detergent lignin and a greater in vitro dry matter digestibility.