# Barley market fundamentals look tight for 2024-25 - Canadian Cattlemen

> Statistics Canada put 2024 barley seeding at 6.4 million acres, down from 7.3 million in 2023, and production at 7.5 million tonnes versus 8.9 million a year earlier. Drought in Alberta and western Saskatchewan cut yields, and prices in Western Canada appear to be bottoming.

- Date: 2024-10-22 · published 2024-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27935-barley-market-fundamentals-look-tight-for-2024-25-canadian-cattlemen
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply smaller Canadian barley crop tightens feed grain supply and supports prices, pushing up import demand and feed costs in western Canada.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Higher feed grain prices pressure cattle feeder market - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65129-higher-feed-grain-prices-pressure-cattle-feeder-market-canadian-cattlemen.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2022-11-02 | [Terrain \| Drought-forced Cattle Movement Expected to Impact Markets into 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7228-terrain-drought-forced-cattle-movement-expected-to-impact-markets-into-2023.md) | -1.3% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Cattle and beef markets looking for summer direction: Peel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58218-cattle-and-beef-markets-looking-for-summer-direction-peel.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2018-06-02 | [Cattle market impacts Zimmerman looks at future for cow/calf producers – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64680-cattle-market-impacts-zimmerman-looks-at-future-for-cow-calf-producers-wyoming.md) | -2.0% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2019-05-24 | [Cattle Current Weekly Highlights—Week ending May 24, 2019 – Cattle Current Market Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5752-cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-may-24-2019-cattle-current-market.md) | +7.1% | +10.0% |

## Sources

- canadiancattlemen.ca: https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/markets/barley-market-fundamentals-look-tight-for-2024-25/

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