# Grain Market Update 17th August - Irish Farmers' Association

> Irish harvest progress has been slow and intermittent because of broken weather, after a difficult winter and late-spring drought. Grain and straw yields in some areas fell as much as 70% on last season, most severely from Kilkenny through the midlands and into the northeast. Green harvest prices were about €140-150/t for barley and €158-162/t for wheat.

- Date: 2020-08-16 · published 2020-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ireland · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11342-grain-market-update-17th-august-irish-farmers-association
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sharp yield losses in Ireland tighten local barley and wheat supply, which supports feed grain prices for Irish buyers. Prices remain tied to international maize markets and UK barley output.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-29 | [Grain Market Update 29th July - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11487-grain-market-update-29th-july-irish-farmers-association.md) | +4.4% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-20 | [Grain Market Update 21st July - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6207-grain-market-update-21st-july-irish-farmers-association.md) | +0.7% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-24 | [Keeping an eye on the grain market - September 24 update \| Farm News \| Farmers Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10437-keeping-an-eye-on-the-grain-market-september-24-update-farm-news-farmers.md) | +6.7% | +11.0% |
| WHEAT | 2016-08-12 | [Grain market update: prices fluctuate ahead of WASDE report - 12 August 2016 Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9953-grain-market-update-prices-fluctuate-ahead-of-wasde-report-12-august-2016.md) | -0.0% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-22 | [Barley benefits from rising grain market - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12493-barley-benefits-from-rising-grain-market-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.2% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [New climate data assessment tools for US grain farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71337-new-climate-data-assessment-tools-for-us-grain-farmers.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-05-01 | [Agri Marketing Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7072-agri-marketing-update.md) | +1.1% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2016-08-03 | [Market Closes - August 3, 2016 - Kentucky Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11076-market-closes-august-3-2016-kentucky-farm-bureau.md) | -0.5% | -6.6% |

## Sources

- ifa.ie: https://www.ifa.ie/markets-and-prices/grain-market-update-17th-august/

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