Insights and Stories on Beer

With beer drinking down in U.S., barley farmers now fear tariffs

Mar. 18, 2025 at 10:45 am CDT

Reciprocal tariffs from Canada and Mexico may raise costs and limit export opportunities for U.S. barley growers, at a time when beer demand is also falling.

Crop Production Show 2025: Oat beers having a moment

Jan. 16, 2025 at 11:04 am CST

By Delaney Seiferling

Carlsberg to buy Ontario’s Waterloo Brewing

Dec. 17, 2022 at 6:29 am CST

By Dave Bedard

China blocks Lithuanian beef, dairy, beer as Taiwan row grows

Feb. 10, 2022 at 7:09 pm CST

By Andrius Sytas Dominique Patton

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian pot producer Aphria to buy U.S. craft brewer

Nov. 4, 2020 at 8:33 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian cannabis company Aphria Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to buy craft brewer SweetWater Brewing for US$300 million as it looks to expand into the U.S. while becoming the first major pot producer to enter the alcoholic beverages market. The deal gives Leamington, Ont.-based Aphria a U.S. […]

By Reuters

Tam concerned over alcohol, junk food use during pandemic

Jun. 8, 2020 at 12:23 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s top health officer on Sunday expressed concern over higher consumption of alcohol and junk food during the coronavirus epidemic, suggesting this could be a sign of worsening mental health. The total number of Canadians killed by the coronavirus edged up by 0.9 per cent to […]

By David Ljunggren

With beer taps off, malt barley demand down

Jun. 2, 2020 at 4:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Declining beer consumption due to the COVID-19 pandemic will also lead to reduced demand for the malt barley to brew it — but acreage to the crop is unlikely to see much adjustment on the Prairies. “I don’t think there’s any question — without sporting events, and festivals, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China-Australia row to reshuffle trade in bulging barley market

May. 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — A prohibitive Chinese import tariff on Australian barley will benefit other suppliers without changing the bleak global outlook caused by large stocks and depressed beer demand, analysts and traders said. Beijing said on Monday it would apply an 80.5 per cent tariff on Australian barley imports […]

By Reuters

New federal standard to expand beer ingredient options

May. 20, 2019 at 5:44 am CDT

More variety in allowable ingredients and more requirements for declarations are now part of the federal rules on what can be called beer in Canada. The federal government on May 1 announced “modernized” beer standards under Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) — the rules laying out the requirements to […]

By GFM Staff

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