# ‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply - Grainews

> Animal-feed barley prices in Europe have risen to match or exceed milling wheat, an unusual reversal of the normal discount. Traders cite strong export demand, including French shipments to China and Saudi Arabia, and Turkey switching from exporter to importer after a poor crop. Canadian barley exports are running 46% ahead of last year.

- Date: 2025-11-21 · published 2025-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22022-like-gold-europe-s-barley-prices-climb-as-buyers-chase-supply-grainews
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Tight barley availability is lifting costs for feed buyers in North Africa and the Middle East, and sellers expect further gains into early 2026. Barley's strength against wheat signals that feed-grain substitution economics have shifted.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/like-gold-europes-barley-prices-climb-as-buyers-chase-supply/

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