# Balancing demands for both quality and yield in barley - Country Guide

> Canadian plant breeders report new barley varieties delivering yield gains over older favourites such as CDC Copeland and AC Metcalfe. Prairie barley acreage fell to 6.2 million acres last year, about two million fewer than a decade earlier.

- Date: 2020-03-09 · published 2020-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54205-balancing-demands-for-both-quality-and-yield-in-barley-country-guide
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher yields from new varieties could expand future barley supply, though the current acreage decline keeps near-term supply tight.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- country-guide.ca: https://www.country-guide.ca/crops/balancing-demands-for-both-quality-and-yield-in-barley/

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