# Harvest delays prompt questions about malt barley supplies - Grainews

> A long, wet 2018 harvest has likely ended hopes that barley still in Canadian fields will meet malting specifications. Farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan say remaining barley will mostly be feed quality, though maltsters may draw on old-crop supplies.

- Date: 2018-10-11 · published 2018-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62604-harvest-delays-prompt-questions-about-malt-barley-supplies-grainews
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Downgrading of malt barley to feed shifts supply into the feed market and removes the malt premium, which tends to pressure feed barley prices lower while malt buyers rely on old-crop stocks.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/harvest-delays-prompt-questions-about-malt-barley-supplies/

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