# Grain Market Update 3rd April - Irish Farmers' Association

> Irish barley demand is slow due to cheaper maize imports, while wheat demand is firm. Corn futures fell up to 4% after USDA's planting survey showed 92.8 million acres of US corn, up 3 million from last year.

- Date: 2019-04-02 · published 2019-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59663-grain-market-update-3rd-april-irish-farmers-association
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Larger US corn plantings and cheap maize imports are weighing on European feed grain prices, while flooding in the US Midwest adds planting uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-08 | [Grain Market Report 10th April - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11377-grain-market-report-10th-april-irish-farmers-association.md) | -1.1% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-12-14 | [Grain Market Report 13th December - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7511-grain-market-report-13th-december-irish-farmers-association.md) | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2017-03-10 | [Crop and livestock market update - Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71975-crop-and-livestock-market-update-commercial-farmers-union-of-zimbabwe.md) | +1.9% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2026-10-29 | [Why Brazil's election matters for U.S. grain markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1251-why-brazil-s-election-matters-for-u-s-grain-markets.md) | -1.5% | — |
| CORN | 2022-01-17 | [Market Trends Report – January & February 2022 - Grain Farmers of Ontario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11815-market-trends-report-january-and-february-2022-grain-farmers-of-ontario.md) | -0.5% | +6.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-16 | [Market Trends for March & April - Grain Farmers of Ontario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7428-market-trends-for-march-and-april-grain-farmers-of-ontario.md) | -3.2% | -5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2016-12-12 | [Grain market steady after USDA report - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73541-grain-market-steady-after-usda-report-farmers-weekly.md) | +1.1% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-08 | [Major Nation Production Updates - Graintab](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39519-major-nation-production-updates-graintab.md) | -0.1% | +6.0% |

## Sources

- ifa.ie: https://www.ifa.ie/markets-and-prices/grain-update-3april/

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