North American and EU barley production and quality have been confirmed for more than a month. The areas to watch now for the world’s 2016-17 malting barley supplies are in Argentina and Australia. Harvest is now progressing rapidly in these country’s barley growing regions. Earlier concerns (such as conditions that were too wet or too […]
2016 W. Canada Malt Barley Seeded Area
The Canadian Grain Commission has released preliminary information on malting barley quality as well as seeded area and production on their web site as part of the annual Quality of Western Canadian Malting Barley report compiled by the Grain Research Laboratory (GRL) with contributions from the CMBTC. The information can be found here. Among the […]
CMBTC Releases 2017-18 Recommended Malting Barley Varieties List
Hyaline Malting (Yantai) Joins CMBTC
GLOBAL BARLEY CROP CONDITIONS UPDATE
Northern hemisphere barley harvests are nearing completion with the biggest delays occurring in the Canadian prairies. The weather forecast is relatively good this week but turning cooler and wetter into next week. Harvest progress is most advanced in the eastern prairies and the least (60%) in Alberta. Overall the Canadian barley harvest is about 80% […]
GLOBAL BARLEY CROP CONDITIONS UPDATE
With much of barley harvested in Europe, analysts are revising production forecasts lower along with estimates of available malting barley supplies. On August 26th the EC released updated forecasts lowering the barley crop to 59 mln tonnes versus their July forecast of 62.1 mln tonnes (60.7 in 2015). Barley across much of France and Germany […]
GLOBAL BARLEY CROP CONDITIONS UPDATE
With much of barley harvested in Europe, analysts are revising production forecasts lower along with estimates of available malting barley supplies. On August 26th the EC released updated forecasts lowering the barley crop to 59 mln tonnes versus their July forecast of 62.1 mln tonnes (60.7 in 2015). Barley across much of France and Germany […]
China barley imports strong again in 2015-16 – Aug. 25, 2016
China’s barley imports totaled 7.6 million tonnes in 2015-16 (July/June) according to China customs data, down slightly from the record 8.3 mln T in 2014-15 but still an enormous program reflecting significant imports of feed barley as well as strong malting barley imports. France was the largest overall barley supplier at 3.2 mln T followed […]
Prairie barley crop looking good – July 5, 2016
Barley crops across Western Canada are generally in good condition. In Alberta there are some concerns over recent dryness in south and central regions however crops provincially are rated 79% in good or excellent condition compared to last year at 30% and the 5 year average of 73%. In Saskatchewan the majority of crops are […]
GLOBAL BARLEY CROP CONDITIONS UPDATE – JULY 5, 2016
The highlights of the past two weeks include firming European barley values due to concerns over disease pressure from continued rains. Meanwhile Western Canada received very timely rains and warm weather to advance crops toward an optimistic outcome. Australian barley areas have mostly received good rains with the exception of South Queensland and Northern New […]
