# Supply chain the key to market challenges | Farm Weekly | WA

> Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre chief economist Ross Kingwell told a barley symposium that supply chain investments by lower-cost competitor nations are squeezing the global barley market. About 70 percent of Australia's barley is exported, so supply chain costs directly affect farmgate prices. He urged cost-efficiency improvements.

- Date: 2019-09-17 · published 2019-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57138-supply-chain-the-key-to-market-challenges-farm-weekly-wa
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower-cost competitor origins threaten Australian barley export share, which can limit export demand and pressure farmgate and export barley prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/6389572/supply-chain-the-key-to-market-challenges/

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