# Beer makers face barley crisis as crops die in heatwaves | Daily Mail Online

> European malting barley prices have reached a five-year high of £205 per tonne as heatwaves cut crop growth by 50%. Europe supplies barley to brewers in the US, Southeast Asia and Africa, and crops in Russia, the US and Australia were also hit by heat.

- Date: 2018-07-30 · published 2018-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12412-beer-makers-face-barley-crisis-as-crops-die-in-heatwaves-daily-mail-online
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Sharp European output losses and a five-year price high tighten global malting and feed barley supplies, supporting barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BARLEY | 2018-07-30 | 1 | +6.1% | 3.0 | Published on the move date (2018-07-30), it reports European malting barley at a five-year high with heatwave crop losses of up to 50%, a direct supply-shock driver of barley prices. |

## Sources

- dailymail.com: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-6008169/Beer-makers-face-barley-crisis-crops-die-heatwaves.html

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