# Smaller N. American Crops and Low Malt Selection Tighten 2026/27 Barley Supplies

> Leftfield Commodity Research says StatsCan pegs the 2026 Canadian barley crop at 9.71 million tonnes, flat year on year, but the estimate predates a difficult September harvest. Canadian barley carryover is the lowest in three years at 940,400 tonnes, and USDA cut the US barley crop to 116 million bushels from 140 million.

- Date: 2026-10-09 · published 2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17156-smaller-n-american-crops-and-low-malt-selection-tighten-2026-27-barley-supplies
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter North American barley supplies and reduced export availability should lift feed and malt barley prices and may pull in more malt imports.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- barleybin.ca: https://barleybin.ca/smaller-north-american-crops-and-low-malt-selection-tighten-202627-supplies/

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