# Malting barley demand spurs new disease research

> US demand for malting barley is growing in the East because of new craft brewers and distillers and the local-sourcing trend. Breeding programs at several universities and USDA are developing barley lines resistant to powdery mildew, preharvest sprouting, net blotch and fusarium head blight.

- Date: 2017-05-22 · published 2017-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71081-malting-barley-demand-spurs-new-disease-research
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Growing eastern malting demand could eventually reduce US reliance on Canadian malting barley imports and expand domestic acreage. The effect on prices is limited near term because the research is still developing.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/malting-barley-demand-spurs-new-disease-research

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