# Concerns about malt supply | Stock Journal | SA

> Australian buyers have raised malt barley premiums above $110 a tonne over BAR1 due to fears of black tip from heavy rain. Some buyers have relaxed receival standards to secure tonnes, and heavy rain across eastern Australia will leave an abundance of feed wheat.

- Date: 2022-11-18 · published 2022-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38761-concerns-about-malt-supply-stock-journal-sa
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Rain-damaged malt quality supports barley premiums, while surplus feed wheat may substitute for barley and pressure wheat values.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-07 | [Mixed South Australian harvest finishing with a wet sail \| Stock Journal \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21025-mixed-south-australian-harvest-finishing-with-a-wet-sail-stock-journal-sa.md) | -0.2% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-07 | [Wheat's turn-around on improved global rainfall \| Stock Journal \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35091-wheat-s-turn-around-on-improved-global-rainfall-stock-journal-sa.md) | -2.5% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-29 | [Mid North harvest: growers eye top yields as grain prices fall \| Stock Journal \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/2036-mid-north-harvest-growers-eye-top-yields-as-grain-prices-fall-stock-journal-sa.md) | -0.4% | — |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-21 | [Wheat prices torn between strong Russian exports and struggling US crops \| Stock Journal \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36443-wheat-prices-torn-between-strong-russian-exports-and-struggling-us-crops-stock.md) | -8.6% | -9.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-26 | [Focus turns to supply chain and moving grain \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49028-focus-turns-to-supply-chain-and-moving-grain-the-land-nsw.md) | -9.4% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- stockjournal.com.au: https://www.stockjournal.com.au/story/7983621/barley-prices-lower-due-to-pressure-on-harvest/

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