# Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids - MarketsFarm

> Western Canada feed barley bids face harvest pressure as growers move grain for bin space despite a smaller crop. Statistics Canada puts 2023 barley at 7.8 million tonnes, and about 750,000 tonnes of US corn sales to Canada are already booked, with around 3 million tonnes expected.

- Date: 2023-09-21 · published 2023-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34174-harvest-pressure-looming-corn-imports-weigh-on-barley-bids-marketsfarm
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected large US corn imports into Canada will offset domestic feed shortfalls and cap upside in barley prices until corn arrives in November.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-01-11 | [Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37848-feed-weekly-outlook-corn-imports-still-weigh-on-domestic-feed-market-agcanada.md) | +2.6% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-01 | [U.S. grains: Corn ticks up on export demand, easing harvest pressure - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27421-u-s-grains-corn-ticks-up-on-export-demand-easing-harvest-pressure-grainews.md) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-02-19 | [Record Corn Imports Deepen Pressure on Grain Producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20585-record-corn-imports-deepen-pressure-on-grain-producers.md) | +0.6% | +7.4% |
| CORN | 2020-10-29 | [China Could Be Looking to Import More Corn \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50500-china-could-be-looking-to-import-more-corn-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american.md) | -0.2% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2026-10-29 | [Wheat Rallies on China Interest Pulling Corn Along and Bottoming the Market?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1978-wheat-rallies-on-china-interest-pulling-corn-along-and-bottoming-the-market.md) | -1.5% | — |

## Sources

- marketsfarm.com: https://marketsfarm.com/harvest-pressure-looming-corn-imports-weigh-on-barley-bids/

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