# English Farming Update - Spring 2020 | Rural Hub | Strutt & Parker

> The Irish Grain Growers Group says €210/t is needed for malting barley to match winter wheat profitability. It criticizes the link to the FOB Creil malting barley price and expects Irish spring barley area to rise, while Boortmalt's Athy plant expansion will need about 50,000t more malting barley.

- Date: 2020-02-03 · published 2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54664-english-farming-update-spring-2020-rural-hub-strutt-and-parker
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected expansion in Irish spring barley area and rising malting demand could shift local barley balances, though this is a malting-specific price call.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- rural.struttandparker.com: https://rural.struttandparker.com/article/english-farming-update-spring-2020/

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