# Export interest grows as barley closes price gap - Farmers Weekly

> UK feed barley ex-farm values were in the mid-£120s/t in mid-January 2018, with the feed barley-wheat spread narrowing to an 18-month low. Export interest is growing and exports look set to beat the three-year average.

- Date: 2018-01-18 · published 2018-01-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67060-export-interest-grows-as-barley-closes-price-gap-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Rising export demand and a narrowing discount to wheat support UK barley prices and reduce the feed value advantage for compounders.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-03 | [Barley Export Prices in Ukraine Surge Amid Limited Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12531-barley-export-prices-in-ukraine-surge-amid-limited-supply.md) | -1.5% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-13 | [UK barley exports – where in the world could they go? Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53201-uk-barley-exports-where-in-the-world-could-they-go-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-12 | [Analyst Insight: Is UK barley export competitive? \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57141-analyst-insight-is-uk-barley-export-competitive-ahdb.md) | +2.5% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-02 | [Exclusive \| India pushes for rice exports as bumper harvest swells supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40905-exclusive-india-pushes-for-rice-exports-as-bumper-harvest-swells-supply.md) | +0.1% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-05 | [Good week for corn, soybean export sales - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68550-good-week-for-corn-soybean-export-sales-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +4.7% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/export-interest-grows-barley-closes-price-gap

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