# FEED GRAIN FACTORS – GrainsWest

> Alberta feed barley prices rose to $220-225/t in early 2018, up sharply from $136/t a year earlier, while feed wheat reached $219-225/t. Better 2017 yields, export demand, the lower Canadian dollar and the wheat-barley spread narrowing all contributed to the rally.

- Date: 2018-03-26 · published 2018-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66088-feed-grain-factors-grainswest
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Feed barley is now priced near feed wheat and malt, which raises costs for Alberta feed buyers and shifts substitution decisions toward corn or wheat.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- grainswest.com: https://grainswest.com/2018/02/feed-grain-factors/

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