# Minimum of €200/t must be introduced for brewing barley - Agriland.ie

> The Irish Grain Growers Group called for a minimum brewing barley price of €200/t at a meeting in Co. Wexford. Growers say they see no benefit from expanding malting and distilling demand, and many are reducing malting barley acreage.

- Date: 2018-01-14 · published 2018-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67064-minimum-of-200-t-must-be-introduced-for-brewing-barley-agriland-ie
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for a price floor and falling malting acreage signal tighter Irish malting supply, though the story describes advocacy rather than a market-moving event.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- agriland.ie: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minimum-of-e200t-must-be-introduced-for-brewing-barley/

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