# Feed weekly outlook: For barley acres, seeding delays will tell tale - Grainews

> Southern Alberta seeding started slightly late, and analysts have not yet seen producers switching acres to shorter-season feed barley. Statistics Canada's April report projected barley area rising to 6.1 million acres from 5.8 million and spring wheat to 18.2 million from 15.8 million.

- Date: 2018-05-04 · published 2018-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65088-feed-weekly-outlook-for-barley-acres-seeding-delays-will-tell-tale-grainews
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A larger barley and wheat acreage would add feed grain supply next year and could pressure prices, though seeding delays could still shift acres toward barley.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/feed-weekly-outlook-for-barley-acres-seeding-delays-will-tell-tale/

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