# Barley: Bulgaria was in for a surprise - Mundus Agri

> Bulgaria's 2016 barley harvest rose about 4% to 727,155 mt, but carry-over stocks were very low at 4,900 mt. Exports through Varna fell 88.3% from 2015, and domestic prices are lower than last year, though recent trade pushed prices to a new high.

- Date: 2017-01-16 · published 2017-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73059-barley-bulgaria-was-in-for-a-surprise-mundus-agri
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Russian and Ukrainian barley supply is pressuring Black Sea prices, and barley and corn act as feed substitutes, which spreads that pressure into the feed market.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-12-01 | [Rising Barley Prices in Ukraine: Supply and Demand Dynamics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12534-rising-barley-prices-in-ukraine-supply-and-demand-dynamics.md) | +0.3% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-12-03 | [Barley Export Prices in Ukraine Surge Amid Limited Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12531-barley-export-prices-in-ukraine-surge-amid-limited-supply.md) | +0.7% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [In 2019/20 MY, Ukraine and Russia can meet the rising demand for wheat, corn and barley in the MENA countries — APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56929-in-2019-20-my-ukraine-and-russia-can-meet-the-rising-demand-for-wheat-corn-and.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-07-10 | [Cereals: EU faces fiercer competition from Russia - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58037-cereals-eu-faces-fiercer-competition-from-russia-mundus-agri.md) | +0.4% | -5.9% |
| CORN | 2021-11-15 | [Tariffs and supply chain not on agenda for Biden-Xi meeting \| 2021-11-14 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14978-tariffs-and-supply-chain-not-on-agenda-for-biden-xi-meeting-2021-11-14-agri.md) | -2.1% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- mundus-agri.eu: https://www.mundus-agri.eu/news/barley-bulgaria-surprise.n603.html

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