How much demand for malt?

[Landdownunder]

this doesn't answer your question but Australia home to me mighty fine wine wine reds in particular.

appears vine pulling about to happen.

two reasons less demand mostly spat with china

and the alcohol bad brigade demonising any one who has a few beers a week six pack at best here or winter a few reds but im deemed evil in 2022

ice users are less vilified and belittled. tis the way of the world

same thinking might reduce beer sales and demand

[Old Cowzilla]

It’s amazing how some farmers get puffy chests over getting “malt barley” , it’s kinda funny

Drinking malt barley has made me a little puffy through the years. But I hope you guys keep growing it hardly any grown around here any more.

[Maver]

Both local plants working on 2nd 100 car trains.
All most all bly graded malt.
8 bucks..
Over supply? Or will there be higher prices later..or dump it all now.
Opinions?

I'm not sure either. Feed delivered to lethbridge in January/March is $8.80/bu but apparently trucking costs have climbed alot. Used to get it there for about $1/bu but I think it's closer to $1.5 from NE sask.
Malt has climbed about $1 from its lows but last year the high was made in November? Eastern Saskatchewan has good yields this year but not sure about the rest of the prairies. I've sold half of mine, sitting on the rest for now.

[furrowtickler]

Drinking malt barley has made me a little puffy through the years. But I hope you guys keep growing it hardly any grown around here any more.

No barley here this year , get tired of that game

[jamesb]

We put half the barley in this year as last year. I like growing and selling malt most years. For the last couple years at least, it was apparent that buyers don't want to pay much above feed price. I expect next year's barley planted for malt will drop again, until the buyers feel the need to see more supply. I wonder if there is a disconnect between the malt users and malt companies. It wouldn't surprise me to eventually see a return to a decent premium when the bins empty.

[poorboy]

8 dollars ..

I was hoping that your second post about the $1.50 premium was something that the line company was adding to its malt price to buy a train of barley and you found out after your first post.

With the dollar dropping hard, malt and feed barley should be increasing in value.

[poorboy]

Malt Barley bids went up to $8.75 here. Feed barley bids $8.15-$8.40 picked up. Guess the low dollar is really helping.

[wmoebis]

Do farmers contract directly with domestic malt house now or do they still contract through elevators and merchants for both domestic and export malt?

[fjlip]

Malteurope is direct to malt house. All goes to Winnipeg, trucking included.

[SASKFARMER]

Price went up a bit for malt yesterday