# Incentives needed for malt barley production | The Land | NSW

> Rabobank says a closing malt-feed barley price spread and competition from other high-priced crops set up a possible global malting barley shortage. Russia and Ukraine are major barley exporters, and the war has hindered Ukrainian old-crop supply and clouded new-crop volumes. Global 2021-22 barley production is estimated at 147.6 million tonnes, down 7% year on year, with world stocks on track for their lowest level in almost 40 years.

- Date: 2022-03-31 · published 2022-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42359-incentives-needed-for-malt-barley-production-the-land-nsw
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Tight supplies and a narrowing malt-feed premium point to firmer barley prices, and feed buyers may face competition from maltsters for available supply.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/7676956/gaps-closing-between-feed-and-malting-barley/

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