# Low malting barley premiums due to a combination of factors

> Malting barley premiums in Western Canada were unusually small in 2025-26. Analysts cite last year's large crop, lower beer consumption and the spread of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, which have narrowed the gap between malt and feed barley prices.

- Date: 2026-06-11 · published 2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18900-low-malting-barley-premiums-due-to-a-combination-of-factors
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Weak malt demand keeps the premium over feed barley narrow, which reduces the incentive to grow malting varieties. Structural demand loss from lower alcohol consumption is a bearish longer-term factor.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/malting-barley-premium-narrows-in-2025-26/

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