# Grower push, buyer pull, steer 2022 WA barley

> Western Australia's barley industry is adjusting to a market without China as a volume buyer, with malting varieties and segregations shifting. WA produces about 4.9 million tonnes expected this harvest. Before China's exit, WA exported over 500,000 tonnes of malting barley a year to China.

- Date: 2021-11-01 · published 2021-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44623-grower-push-buyer-pull-steer-2022-wa-barley
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced export outlets for WA barley shift demand toward feed and domestic malt buyers, weighing on export-oriented barley values.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/grower-push-buyer-pull-shape-2022-23-wa-malting-barley-segregations/

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