# Malting barley big winner for 2017 | The Scottish Farmer

> Scottish spring malting barley is expected to be in demand for 2017 after the 2016 Scottish cereal crop fell by 327,000 tonnes. Malt premiums over feed barley could reach £40 per tonne, up from £28 in 2016, on the back of a whisky market recovery.

- Date: 2017-01-23 · published 2017-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73042-malting-barley-big-winner-for-2017-the-scottish-farmer
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller crop and stronger distilling demand support malting barley prices relative to feed barley, which keeps feed barley values from falling as far as they otherwise would.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thescottishfarmer.co.uk: https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/arable/15040831.malting-barley-big-winner-for-2017/

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