# The challenge of a second 8.0Mt+ UK barley crop – UK barley outlook: Grain market daily | AHDB

> AHDB reports Chicago wheat closed at its highest since July 2015 amid dryness concerns in the US and Black Sea, and Moscow raised its Russian 2020/21 exportable surplus forecast by 5Mt to 50Mt. Defra put UK 2020 barley production at 8.4Mt, up 4%, and wheat at 10.1Mt, down 38%.

- Date: 2020-10-08 · published 2020-10-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50707-the-challenge-of-a-second-8-0mt-uk-barley-crop-uk-barley-outlook-grain-market
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher benchmark wheat prices and a Russian export surplus revision shape global feed grain costs, while a larger UK barley crop adds European feed supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-30 | [Tight outlook for EU barley next season? Grain market daily  \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35556-tight-outlook-for-eu-barley-next-season-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -8.4% | -8.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-24 | [More wheat and barley, but lower oat stocks at end-June: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34643-more-wheat-and-barley-but-lower-oat-stocks-at-end-june-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -4.9% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-16 | [Prices rally as Russian crop reduces: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46105-prices-rally-as-russian-crop-reduces-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-17 | [French crop conditions dip amid dry weather: Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53576-french-crop-conditions-dip-amid-dry-weather-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -1.4% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-29 | [What’s driving the volatile grain market? Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40981-what-s-driving-the-volatile-grain-market-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -8.7% | -16.2% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/the-challenge-of-a-second-8-0mt-uk-barley-crop-uk-barley-outlook-grain-market-daily

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