# Halting the feed barley decline - Country Guide

> Prairie barley acreage has fallen by about half over the past 20 years to roughly six million acres, as growers switch to canola and pulses. Feed barley faces competition from cheap U.S. corn and corn gluten, and feeders have cut barley rations because of fusarium.

- Date: 2017-02-14 · published 2017-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72557-halting-the-feed-barley-decline-country-guide
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking barley area and weak feed demand relative to cheap corn point to a structurally smaller feed barley supply, but ongoing competition from corn limits price upside.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- country-guide.ca: https://www.country-guide.ca/crops/halting-the-feed-barley-decline/

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