Insights and Stories on Malting Barley

Good quality Canadian malt barley despite lower yields

Dec. 19, 2023 at 3:55 pm CST

Hot and dry growing conditions cut into barley yields in Western Canada in 2023 but the quality was generally good, according to the yearly annual harvest report on barley quality from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Richardson buys into European malt market

Jul. 10, 2023 at 4:30 pm CDT

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

France’s InVivo makes bid for United Malt

Mar. 27, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Reuters

Little change in barley acres expected

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Low demand for barley keeps prices stable

Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Unlike the dramatic leaps wheat prices have made since the Russian invasion of Ukraine 12 days ago, malt barley prices have moved very little, according to Kris Moric of Johnston’s Grains in Calgary. Wheat “is not pulling barley prices with it, as far as we can see on […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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

Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The hot and dry 2021 growing season cut significantly into Canada’s barley production, with the weather also leading to higher protein levels for what was harvested. “It will be an extremely tight and difficult year for the malt processors and ultimately for the brewers as well,” said Peter […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Jan. 28, 2021 at 8:07 pm CST

Johannesburg | Reuters — South African barley farmers are bracing for a tough market ahead as demand for the grain used to make beer falls and stockpiles grow after a ban on the sale of alcohol was reinstated as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government in […]

By Tanisha Heiberg

InVivo in talks to acquire French agribusiness Soufflet

Jan. 14, 2021 at 12:16 am CST

Paris | Reuters — Co-operative group InVivo has entered exclusive talks to acquire family-controlled Soufflet in a deal that would create one of Europe’s biggest agricultural businesses with 10 billion euros (C$15.5 billion) in sales, the French firms said on Wednesday. The potential consolidation comes as France, the European Union’s […]

By Gus Trompiz Sybille De La Hamaide

Barley trade routes redrawn as China tariff hits Australian farmers

Nov. 16, 2020 at 7:24 pm CST

Sydney/Paris | Reuters — Out in Australia’s grain fields, farmers have started harvesting one of their biggest-ever barley crops, after drought-relieving rains convinced many to plant to the edges of their paddocks. Yet the tractors are working under the cloud of a new tariff imposed by China — seen widely […]

By Gus Trompiz Jonathan Barrett

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