# As beer market collapses, prime barley risks becoming pig food - Moneyweb

> Global lockdowns and event cancellations have cut malt demand, and brewers have scaled back plants. EU barley stockpiles are forecast to rise 14% to 6.6 million tons, and French malting barley prices hit their lowest since at least 2015.

- Date: 2020-05-22 · published 2020-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53196-as-beer-market-collapses-prime-barley-risks-becoming-pig-food-moneyweb
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Malting barley that cannot find a brewing buyer is likely to be sold cheaply as animal feed, adding downward pressure on feed barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- moneyweb.co.za: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/international/as-beer-market-collapses-prime-barley-risks-becoming-pig-food/

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