# As harvest drags on, malt barley quality uncertain - Grainews

> Cool and wet harvest conditions across the Canadian Prairies are raising doubts about how much barley will meet malting specifications. The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre expects significant losses, and reports show high chit levels in samples. Statistics Canada pegged the 2019 barley crop at 9.6 million tonnes, well above last year.

- Date: 2019-09-11 · published 2019-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57137-as-harvest-drags-on-malt-barley-quality-uncertain-grainews
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower malt quality pushes more barley into the feed channel, adding feed supply and pressuring feed barley prices. A larger overall crop also weighs on feed values.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/as-harvest-drags-on-malt-barley-quality-uncertain/

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