# Highest malting barley price in years -  Premium

> Scottish farmers are being offered £169/t ex-farm for malting barley contracts, the highest price paid to Scottish growers in years, though most crops are already contracted. Feed barley is quoted at £125/t and feeding wheat at £140-148/t.

- Date: 2017-06-21 · published 2017-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70544-highest-malting-barley-price-in-years-premium
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller projected global supply and a weaker pound, plus US heat hurting yields, are lifting barley values, which supports feed grain prices in the UK and Europe.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmersjournal.ie: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/more/scotland/highest-malting-barley-price-in-years-287197

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