Ran into an old buddy that I don't see often enough. He tells me he has some barley that was picked up for malt last year, but could not deliver until oct-nov-dec of 14, fine, he'll sit on it then.
This fall we all are hearing the quality and shortage issues of malting barley. He then shops he's malt around, germ is 98.5% and a couple companies are interested. Now get this, he is being offered the whopping and insulting price of $5.50-5.60 a bushel. Doesn't seem like much I said, thought there was a world shortage of malt. There is he replied, the grain agent he would like and normally deals with told him, this comes from company office, " feed barley is only $2.50-$3.00 and the company feels that is enough of spread between malt and feed they don't have to pay any more.
Asked him whatcha going to do? I'm going too wait n see and keep shopping the shit around he replied! Good luck buddy!
AND that folks is how your malting industry is serving you. Glad I quite growing the stuff years ago!!
This fall we all are hearing the quality and shortage issues of malting barley. He then shops he's malt around, germ is 98.5% and a couple companies are interested. Now get this, he is being offered the whopping and insulting price of $5.50-5.60 a bushel. Doesn't seem like much I said, thought there was a world shortage of malt. There is he replied, the grain agent he would like and normally deals with told him, this comes from company office, " feed barley is only $2.50-$3.00 and the company feels that is enough of spread between malt and feed they don't have to pay any more.
Asked him whatcha going to do? I'm going too wait n see and keep shopping the shit around he replied! Good luck buddy!
AND that folks is how your malting industry is serving you. Glad I quite growing the stuff years ago!!
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