# Advice on growing malting barley to gain from high premiums - Farmers Weekly

> Malting barley premiums of £55-60/t are on offer for this harvest, supported by beer demand as sales recover after Covid. Premiums over feed barley have narrowed from £100/t in April and May because of prospects for a good-quality crop. Viterra suggests growers should not rush to drill winter wheat, which would leave room for barley buybacks for harvest 2023.

- Date: 2022-08-13 · published 2022-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40119-advice-on-growing-malting-barley-to-gain-from-high-premiums-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Narrower malting premiums signal better crop quality and easing pressure on the malt-to-feed spread. Feed buyers may find feed barley supply comfortable relative to malting demand.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/barley/advice-on-growing-malting-barley-to-gain-from-high-premiums

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